Non-separable pollution control: Implications for a CO2 emissions cap and trade system

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-82

  Agee, Mark D ^a   Atkinson, Scott E ^b   Crocker, Thomas D ^c   Williams, Jonathan W ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2, SO2, NOX emissions; Directional distance function; Efficient cap and trade system design; Technical change; U.S. electric power generation

Indexed keywords

CAP AND TRADE; CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANTS; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; MULTIPLE INPUT , MULTIPLE OUTPUTS; TECHNICAL CHANGE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

COMMERCE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; POLLUTION; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892977524     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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