Coevolution of policy, market and technical price risks in the EU ETS

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4578-4593

  Blyth, William ^a,b,c   Bunn, Derek ^b  

^a Oxford Energy Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon price risk; EU ETS; Policy uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS RISKS; CARBON PRICE; CO-EVOLUTION; CURRENT SITUATION; EU-ETS; MARKET FORCES; MARKET PARTICIPANTS; POLICY RISKS; PRICE FORMATION; PRICE RISKS; RISK MITIGATION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION MODEL; TECHNOLOGY RISKS;

COMMERCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

COSTS;

CARBON; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; STATE ROLE; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 79958029438     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.04.061     Document Type: Article

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