Emissions Trading with Updated Allocation: Effects on Entry/Exit and Distribution

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-261

  Rosendahl, Knut Einar ^a   Storrøsten, Halvor Briseid ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allocation of quotas; Emissions trading; Quota prices

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY;

ALLOCATION OF QUOTAS; COST EFFECTIVE; COST EFFICIENCY; CURRENT EMISSIONS; EMISSIONS TRADING; FREE ALLOCATION; QUOTA PRICES; TOTAL VALUES;

COSTS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INCENTIVE; QUOTA SYSTEM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 79955901110     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9432-z     Document Type: Article

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