Economic and emissions implications of load-based, source-based, and first-seller emissions trading programs under California AB32

Operations Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 696-712

  Chen, Yihsu ^a   Liu, Andrew L ^a   Hobbs, Benjamin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Electric market; Emissions trading; First seller; Load based; Source based

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MARKETS; EMISSIONS TRADING; FIRST-SELLER; LOAD-BASED; SOURCE-BASED;

CARBON DIOXIDE; LAKES;

COMMERCE;

EID: 79960493505     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1110.0917     Document Type: Article

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