Explaining low sulfur dioxide allowance prices : the effect of expectation errors and irreversibility

The low price of allowances has been a frequently noted featured of the implementation of the sulfur dioxide emissions market of the U.S. Acid Rain Program. This paper presents theoretical and numerical analyses that explain the gap between expected and observed allowance prices. The main contributi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Montero, Juan-Pablo, Ellerman, A. Denny
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research.
Format: Working Paper
Published: MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45085