Pass-through of emissions costs in electricity markets

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2872-2899

  Fabra, Natalia ^a   Reguant, Mar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84906991040     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: 19447981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.9.2872     Document Type: Article

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