Capital Malleability, Emission Leakage and the Cost of Partial Climate Policies: General Equilibrium Analysis of the European Union Emission Trading System

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-289

  Lanzi, Elisa ^a   Sue Wing, Ian ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital malleability; CGE models; Climate change policy; Emissions trading; General equilibrium

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MODELS;

CAPITAL MALLEABILITY; CGE MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; EMISSIONS TRADING; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST; EMISSION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS;

EID: 84877747205     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-012-9625-8     Document Type: Article

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