Schmidt, Robert C.; Heitzig, Jobst - In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 67 (2014) 2, pp. 209-223
Emission allowances are sometimes distributed for free in an early phase of a cap-and-trade scheme to reduce adverse effects on the profitability of firms. This paper investigates whether grandfathering can also be used to avert the relocation of firms to countries with lower carbon prices. We...