Politics matters: Regulatory events as catalysts for price formation under cap-and-trade

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 78, Issue , 2016, Pages 121-139

  Koch, Nicolas ^a   Grosjean, Godefroy ^a,b,c   Fuss, Sabine ^a   Edenhofer, Ottmar ^a,b,c  

^a MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allowance supply; Bayesian; Cap and trade; EU ETS; Event study; Political uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COSTS; GAS EMISSIONS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SOCIAL SCIENCES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALLOWANCE SUPPLY; BAYESIAN; CAP AND TRADE; EVENT STUDIES; POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY;

COMMERCE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MARKET CONDITIONS; POLITICAL PROCESS; POLITICAL REFORM; REGULATORY APPROACH; STUDY METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84963700074     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2016.03.004     Document Type: Article

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