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the consequences of regulators sequentially announcing domestic allocation caps. We find the sequential choice of domestic … allocation caps is sub-optimal and depends on the follower's reaction to the leader's choice. Furthermore, the marginal damage …
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the consequences of regulators sequentially announcing domestic allocation caps. We find the sequential choice of domestic … allocation caps is sub-optimal and depends on the follower's reaction to the leader's choice. Furthermore, the marginal damage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011753147
The issue of how to allocate pollution permits is critical for the political sustainability of any cap-and-trade system. Under the objective of offsetting firms' losses resulting from the environmental regulation, we argue that the criteria for allocating free allowances must account for the...
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based allocation (Australia, California, New Zealand) and capacity based allocation (EU). This paper characterizes the best … output and capacity based allocation is proved to be the optimal second best policy. The EU scheme for 2013-2020 is discussed …, using cement as a case study. -- cap and trade ; output based allocation ; subsidization of capacity ; climate policy …
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Endogenous firm location is analyzed in a discrete two-region-two-firm model of product differentiation. In a non-cooperative game, two regional governments first decide on the imposition (or lifting) of domestic production standards; firms then choose technology (clean or polluting), location...
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This study compares energy and emission taxes used to control pollution and provide incentives for the adoption of an advanced abatement technology in a Cournot oligopoly. We examine multistage games where the government may intervene in order to maximize social welfare by setting an...
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free allocation of permits, which is a policy argument against grandfathering and in favor of auctioning. This effect is …
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The aim of this paper is to extend existing literature on carbon allowance allocation, investigating the impact of … decrease in the total output. An output-based allocation model in Cournot Oligopoly will be used. We will adopt the National … Allocation Plan (NAP) of UK for the Second Phase (2005-07) as a case study. -- Carbon allowances ; Permits allocation ; EU ETS …
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The clean development mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol may induce a technological change in developing countries. As an alternative to the CDM-regime, developing countries may accept a (generous) cap on their own emissions, let domestic producers invest in new efficient technologies, and...
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