Alternative Approaches to Cost Containment in a Cap-and-Trade System

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-297

  Fell, Harrison ^a   Morgenstern, Richard D ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cost containment; Price collar; Safety valve

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EMISSION CONTROL; SAFETY VALVES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ABATEMENT COSTS; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; COST CONTAINMENT; CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; LOWER EMISSIONS; PRICE COLLAR; SIMULATION ANALYSIS;

COSTS;

ABATEMENT COST; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MITIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRICING POLICY; STOCHASTICITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84755161478     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9377-2     Document Type: Article

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