Does a cap on the carbon price have to be a cap on green investments?

Empirica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-231

  Brauneis, Alexander ^a   Mestel, Roland ^b   Palan, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon price; Investment decision; Market design; Power sector; Price cap

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; COAL; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; INVESTMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; POWER GENERATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; WIND POWER;

EID: 84860217918     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-012-9188-5     Document Type: Article

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