Rockets and feathers in power futures markets? Evidence from the second phase of the EU ETS

Energy Economics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 312-321

  Lo Prete, Chiara ^a   Norman, Catherine S ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric pricing; CO2 prices; Error Correction Model; European Emission Trading Scheme; Power prices

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC TRANSMISSIONS; BELGIUM; ELECTRICITY FUTURES; EMISSION TRADING SCHEME; ERROR CORRECTION MODELS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FUEL MARKETS; NETHERLANDS; OUTPUT PRICE; POWER FUTURES; POWER PRICE; PRICE INCREASE; SECOND PHASE; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CIVIL AVIATION; COMMERCE; ERROR CORRECTION; GAS EMISSIONS; ROCKETS;

COSTS;

ASYMMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY MARKET; ERROR CORRECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

BELGIUM; FRANCE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84874317627     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.08.028     Document Type: Article

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