Can an emission trading scheme promote the withdrawal of outdated capacity in energy-intensive sectors? A case study on China's iron and steel industry

Energy Economics

Volumn 63, Issue , 2017, Pages 332-347

  Zhu, Lei ^a   Zhang, Xiao Bing ^b   Li, Yuan ^c   Wang, Xu ^d,e   Guo, Jianxin ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Emission trading scheme; Energy saving; Iron and steel sector; Output based allocation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; IRON; STEELMAKING;

ABATEMENT POTENTIALS; COMPETITIVENESS; EMISSION TRADING SCHEME; ENERGY-INTENSIVE SECTORS; IRON AND STEEL; OUTPUT-BASED ALLOCATION; PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON EMISSION; COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 85016402412     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.02.004     Document Type: Article

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