This paper focuses on how electric utility companies can respond in their decision making to uncertain variables. Here we take a mean- variance type of approach. The mean'' value is an expected cost, on a discounted value basis. We assume that management has risk preferences incorporating a...

Trading schemes for emission allowances have become a panacea for nations aspiring toreduce their aggregate emissions of greenhouse gases from industry in a cost-effectivemanner. The contention of this paper is that an emissions trading scheme (ETS) shouldnot be based on blanket coverage of...

On April 10, 2008, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jointly published final regulations defining standards and procedures for authorizing compensatory mitigation of impacts to aquatic resources the Corps permits under Section 404 of the Clean...

This honors thesis will examine current and theoretical "cap and trade" emissions trading schemes in an attempt to make recommendations on how to improve this regulated commodity market. The various control mechanisms available to regulators will be discussed: including allocation methodology,...

Este documento estima el efecto de la calidad de las instituciones en el patrón de especialización productiva observado en España en el período 1999-2014 a nivel local. La investigación parte de la observación de que la actividad económica en España muestra un fuerte patrón de...

Las decisiones de inversión son generalmente irreversibles y podrían verse afectadas por problemas de cautividad y oportunismo. Un marco de inversión estable necesita, por tanto, de instituciones de ejecución sólidas. Este documento analiza datos a nivel de empresa para estudiar el impacto...