Experimental comparison of impact of auction format on carbon allowance market

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 4148-4156

  Cong, Rong Gang ^a,b   Wei, Yi Ming ^c  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Allowance allocation; Auctions; Carbon emissions trading; Experimental economics; Explicit collusion; Tacit collusion

Indexed keywords

ALLOWANCE ALLOCATION; AUCTIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPLICIT COLLUSION; TACIT COLLUSION;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOCKS; COMMERCE; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

COSTS;

EID: 84860276237     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.03.049     Document Type: Review

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