Modelling the price spread between EUA and CER carbon prices

Energy Policy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 434-445

  Nazifi, Fatemeh ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EU ETS; Price spread; Time varying parameter analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON PRICE; CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; PAPER ANALYSIS; PRICE SPREAD; REGULATORY CHANGE; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP; TIME VARYING PARAMETER;

GAS EMISSIONS; TIME VARYING CONTROL SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COSTS;

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY MARKET; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 84875220111     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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