Transaction costs for firms in the EU ETS: Lessons from Ireland

Climate Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-215

  Jaraite, Ju Rate ^a   Convery, Frank ^a   Di Maria, Corrado ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Emissions trading; European Union Emissions Trading Scheme; Ireland; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FIRM SIZE; POLLUTION POLICY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TRANSACTION COST;

IRELAND;

EID: 77954196501     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2009.0659     Document Type: Article

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