Marginal CO2 abatement costs: Findings from alternative shadow price estimates for Shanghai industrial sectors

Energy Policy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 109-117

  Zhou, X ^a   Fan, L W ^b   Zhou, P ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abatement cost; CO2 emissions; Distance function; Shadow price

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL;

ABATEMENT COSTS; CARBON EMISSION TRADING; CO2 EMISSIONS; DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; EMISSION TRADING SCHEME; MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS; MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT; SHADOW PRICE;

COST ESTIMATING;

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLLUTION TAX; PRICE DETERMINATION;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84921287074     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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