Energy caps: Alternative climate policy instruments for China?

Energy Economics

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 422-431

  Karplus, Valerie J ^a,b,d   Rausch, Sebastian ^c   Zhang, Da ^a,d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Climate policy; Computable general equilibrium modeling; Energy cap

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMICS; FUELS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

CHINA; CLIMATE POLICY; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM; ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICIES; ENERGY CAP; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES;

FOSSIL FUELS;

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84964491271     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2016.03.019     Document Type: Article

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