The effect of cap-and-trade programs on firms' profits: Evidence from the Nitrogen Oxides Budget Trading Program

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Linn, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap and trade; Event study; Nitrogen oxides

Indexed keywords

CAP AND TRADE; CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM; COMPLIANCE COSTS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; EVENT STUDIES; EVENT STUDY; EXPECTED PROFITS; REGIONAL VARIATION; RESTRUCTURED ELECTRICITY MARKETS; STOCK PRICE; TRADING PROGRAMS;

BUDGET CONTROL; COST REDUCTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PROFITABILITY;

COMMERCE;

ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; EMISSIONS TRADING; NITROGEN OXIDES; POWER PLANT; PROFITABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 72949089943     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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