Potential gains from trading bad outputs: The case of U.S. electric power plants

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-112

  Färe, Rolf ^a   Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Pasurka, Carl A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint production; Tradable permits; Weak disposability

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

COMMAND AND CONTROL; JOINT PRODUCTION; MODEL-BASED OPC; NO X; PRODUCTION MODELS; TRADABLE PERMITS; WEAK DISPOSABILITIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; POWER GENERATION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892992476     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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