Abatement and Allocation in the Pilot Phase of the EU ETS

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-103

  Anderson, Barry ^a   Di Maria, Corrado ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Dynamic panel data analysis; Emissions trading scheme

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; GAS EMISSIONS; INTERNATIONAL LAW;

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CLIMATE POLICY; DYNAMIC PANEL DATA; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNION EMISSION TRADING SCHEMES; POLICY DESIGN;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA INTERPRETATION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; HISTORICAL RECORD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION;

EID: 85027949770     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9399-9     Document Type: Article

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