This paper assesses the impact of financial turmoil on carbon markets. For the assessment, we offer the price correlation model between financial and carbon assets using the price-volume relationship. In particular, the carbon trading behavior aligned with security trading is incorporated into...

Incentivizing businesses to lower carbon emissions and trade back excess carbon allowances paved the way for rapid growth in carbon credit ETFs. The use of carbon allowances as a hedging alternative fueled this rally further, causing a shift to speculation and forming repetitive bubbles....

In 2009, the promise of a comprehensive federal cap and trade bill to address climate change fell apart. At least in part, this was due to the fears that exotic 'carbon' financial instruments might cause more financial crises. As California launches it economy wide carbon trading system, and...