Pricing emission permits in the absence of abatement

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1329-1340

  Hintermann, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; Emission permit market; EU ETS; Options pricing

Indexed keywords

EMISSION PERMITS; MODEL FIT; OPTIONS PRICING; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; GAS EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COSTS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPEAN UNION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84862982225     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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