Impact of banking and forward contracts on tradable permit markets

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-102

  Maeda, Akira ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Banking; Emissions trading; Forward contracts; Tradable permits; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949113256     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03353932     Document Type: Article

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