On the empirical content of carbon leakage criteria in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Ecological Economics

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-88

  Martin, Ralf ^a,c   Muûls, Mirabelle ^a,b,c   de Preux, Laure B ^a,c   Wagner, Ulrich J ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon leakage; Emissions trading; EU ETS; Firm data; Industrial relocation; Permit allocation

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DATABASE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; LEAKAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84902318110     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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