Impact of the carbon price on the integrating European electricity market

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 1236-1251

  Aatola, Piia ^a   Ollikainen, Markku ^b   Toppinen, Anne ^b  

^a Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus Finland   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Econometric analysis; EU ETS; European Union electricity market

Indexed keywords

CARBON PRICE; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY MARKET; ELECTRICITY PRICES; PRICE DIFFERENCE; PRODUCTION PLANT; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COSTS;

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN UNION; POLLUTION TAX;

EUROPE;

EID: 84881661411     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.036     Document Type: Article

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