Mit dem im Jahr 2005 etablierten Handel von Emissionszertifikaten für Kohlendioxid (CO2) möchte die Europäische Union der im Kiotoprotokoll festgelegten Verpflichtung nachkommen, nach der die CO2-Emissionen im Zeitraum 2008 bis 2012 durchschnittlich um 8% geringer ausfallen sollten als 1990....

Under the EU-wide Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), CO2 allowances have thus far been allocated largely free of charge. This paper presents a didactic synthesis on the impact of the ETS and argues that such a cost-free allocation will lead to an increase in electricity prices even when strong...

Any researcher would certainly agree with Hamermesh’s (1993:34) intuition about separability that the ease of substitution between any two production factors should be unaffected by a third factor that is separable from the others. This paper emphasizes that such a notion of separability needs...