The impact of the EU ETS on the corporate value of European electricity corporations

Energy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Mo, Jian Lei ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a   Fan, Ying ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Electricity corporate value; Emission trading; EU ETS; EUA price; Phase I and phase II

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; ELECTRICITY; GAS EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY;

ALLOCATION POLICIES; COMPARISON STUDY; DURING PHASE; EMISSION TRADING; EMISSION TRADING SCHEME; EU EMISSIONS; EUA PRICE; IN-PHASE; MARKET MODEL; MULTI-FACTOR; PHASE I; PHASE II; PRICE DEVELOPMENT;

COSTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CORPORATE STRATEGY; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84865445029     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.02.037     Document Type: Article

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