The Clean-Development Mechanism, stochastic permit prices and energy investments

Energy Economics

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-36

  Hieronymi, Philipp ^a   Schüller, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clean development mechanism; Climate change; Emission markets; Energy investment; Investment under uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; COSTS; EMISSION CONTROL; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WIND POWER;

CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMS; EMISSION REGULATION; EMISSION TRADING SCHEME; ENERGY INVESTMENTS; INVESTMENT PROBABILITY; INVESTMENT UNDER UNCERTAINTY;

INVESTMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY RESOURCE; INVESTMENT; POLICY APPROACH; PRICE DETERMINATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND POWER;

EID: 84918522378     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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