Emissions Trading with Profit-Neutral Permit Allocations.

This paper examines the operation of an emissions trading scheme (ETS) in a Cournot oligopoly. We study the impact of the ETS on industry output, price, costs, emissions, and profits. In particular, we develop formulae for the number of emissions permits that have to be freely allocated to firms in...

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Main Authors: Hepburn, C, Quah, J, Ritz, R
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Nuffield College (University of Oxford) 2008