amounts of "abundantʺ emission rights. Concerns on hot air motivated proposals for caps on emissions trading by the EU. These …

Starting in 2005, the EU will implement a CO2 emissions trading scheme. In this paper we show that the outspoken goals … harmonization, i.e. for identical assignment factors to similar firms located in different EU countries. …

magnitude and distribution of abatement costs across EU countries vis-à-vis a comprehensive EU emission trading regime. We find … permit trade enhances the secondary terms-of-trade benefits to EU member countries with low marginal abatement costs at the … expense of the other EU member states. …