Unintended consequences of price controls: An application to allowance markets

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-136

  Stocking, Andrew ^a  

^a Ford House Office Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Allowance market; Cap and trade; Carbon; Elasticity; Manipulation; Price ceiling; Price controls

Indexed keywords

ALLOWANCE MARKET; CAP-AND-TRADE; COST UNCERTAINTY; EQUILIBRIUM PRICE; INACCURATE INFORMATION; MANIPULATION; MARKET PRICE; PRICE CONTROL; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

CARBON; CEILINGS; COMMERCE; ELASTICITY; INDUSTRY; PROFITABILITY;

COSTS;

EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROFITABILITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 84865376689     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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