Stocks & Shocks: A Clarification in the Debate Over Price vs. Quantity Controls for Greenhouse Gases
We construct two simple examples that help to clarify the role of a key assumption in the analysis of price or quantity controls of greenhouse gases in the presence of uncertain costs. Traditionally much has been made of the fact that greenhouse gases are a stock pollutant, and that therefore the...
Main Authors: | Parsons, John E., Taschini, Luca |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | en_US |
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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66271 |
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