All pages with keywords: cap-and-trade

The price vs quantity debate: climate policy and the role of business cycles

The price vs quantity debate: climate policy and the role of business cycles

a working paper by Karlygash Kuralbayeva, Anna Grodecka 27 January, 2015

What is the optimal instrument design and choice for a regulator attempting to control emissions by private agents in face of uncertainty arising from business cycles? In applying Weitzman’s result … read more »



Carbon trading: unethical, unjust and ineffective?

Carbon trading: unethical, unjust and ineffective?

a research article by Cameron Hepburn 20 May, 2011

Cap-and-trade systems for greenhouse gas emissions are an important part of the climate change policies of the EU, Japan, New Zealand, among others, as well as China (soon) and … read more »


Designing carbon markets. Part I: carbon markets in time

Designing carbon markets. Part I: carbon markets in time

a research article by Samuel Fankhauser, Cameron Hepburn 18 August, 2010

This paper analyses the design of carbon markets in time (i.e., intertemporally). It is part of a twin set of papers that ask, starting from first principles, what an … read more »