Plant vintages, grandfathering, and environmental policy

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-51

  Heutel, Garth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean Air Act; Electric power plants; Method of simulated moments; Sulfur dioxide; Vintage differentiated regulation

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL DEPRECIATION; CLEAN AIR ACT; ELECTRIC POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FIRED BOILER; METHOD OF SIMULATED MOMENTS; PERFORMANCE STANDARDS; POLICY SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES; VINTAGE-DIFFERENTIATED REGULATION;

AIR QUALITY; BOILERS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT LOADS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

ABATEMENT COST; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; INVESTMENT LOCATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 78650307423     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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