Goeree, Jacob K.; Holt, Charles A.; Palmer, Karen; … - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2009
We experimentally study auctions versus grandfathering in the initial assignment of pollution permits that can be …, the majority of permits are won by low emitters, reducing the need for spot-market trading. Auctions generate higher … consumer surplus and slightly lower product prices in the laboratory markets. Moreover, auctions eliminate the large “windfall …