An adaptive agent-based modeling approach for analyzing the influence of transaction costs on emissions trading markets

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 482-491

  Zhang, Bing ^a   Zhang, Yongliang ^a   Bi, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Emissions trading; Market efficiency; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE AGENTS; AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-BASED MODELING; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; ECONOMIC SITUATION; EMISSION TRADING; EMISSION TRADING MARKETS; EMISSION TRADING SYSTEMS; EMISSIONS TRADING; EMPIRICAL DATA; JIANGSU PROVINCE; MARKET EFFICIENCY; MARKET PRICE; POLICY DESIGN; SIMULATION RESULT; TOTAL EMISSIONS; TRANSACTION COST;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

COMMERCE;

EMISSIONS TRADING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA; JIANGSU;

EID: 78650549504     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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