All pages with keywords: carbon trading

EU ETS, Free Allocations, and Activity Level Thresholds: The Devil Lies in the Details

EU ETS, Free Allocations, and Activity Level Thresholds: The Devil Lies in the Details

a research article by Misato Sato 1 September, 2015

It is well known that discontinuous jumps or thresholds in tax or subsidies are socially inefficient, because they create incentives to make strategic behavioral changes that lead to substantial increases … read more »


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The effects and side‐effects of the EU emissions trading scheme

a research article by Misato Sato 15 April, 2014

As many countries, regions, cities, and states implement emissions trading policies to limit CO2 emissions, they turn to the European Union’s experience with its emissions trading scheme since 2005. 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 »