The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was passed by an original collection of 10 northeastern states and is the first cap-and-trade policy in the United States to specifically target carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector. We exploit the introduction of this policy and...

As climate change and the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions play an increasingly important role in the global policy debate, careful consideration of the local determinants driving emissions must be considered. The importance of local determinants in the transmission of carbon dioxide...