Tradable fuel economy credits: Competition and oligopoly

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-328

  Rubin, Jonathan ^a   Leiby, Paul N ^b   Greene, David L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Credits; Energy conservation; GHG; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMIES; COST SAVING; CREDIT MARKETS; CREDIT SYSTEM; CREDIT TRADING; CREDITS; FUEL EFFICIENCY; GHG; INCREASED FLEXIBILITY; MARKET POWER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC; VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS;

AUTOMOBILES; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUELS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MANUFACTURE;

FUEL ECONOMY;

COMPETITIVENESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MARKETING; REGULATORY APPROACH; SAVINGS; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 70349858290     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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