Price and market behavior in phase II of the EU ETS: A review of the literature

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 108-128

  Hintermann, Beat ^a   Peterson, Sonja ^b   Rickels, Wilfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84963540196     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/rev015     Document Type: Article

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