Market Power in Emission Permit Markets: Theory and Evidence from the EU ETS

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 89-112

  Hintermann, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost pass through; Emission permit markets; EU ETS; Market power

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; GAS EMISSIONS;

DURING PHASE; EMISSION PERMITS; FREE ALLOCATION; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; MARKET POWER; PRICE MANIPULATION;

POWER MARKETS;

COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN UNION; FUTURE PROSPECT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MARKET SYSTEM; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 84936816849     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-015-9939-4     Document Type: Article

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