Strategic partitioning of emission allowances under the EU Emission Trading Scheme

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-197

  Böhringer, Christoph ^a   Rosendahl, Knut Einar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allocation of quotas; Emissions trading; Strategic behavior

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION OF QUOTAS; CLIMATE POLICY; COMPLIANCE COSTS; DOMESTIC EMISSIONS; EFFICIENCY LOSS; EMISSION ALLOWANCES; EMISSION REDUCTION; EMISSION TRADING; EMISSIONS TRADING; EU EMISSIONS; MEMBER STATE; NON-TRADING SECTORS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR;

AIR QUALITY; BUDGET CONTROL; CIVIL AVIATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL;

COMMERCE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67349140404     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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