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The paper extends previous literature on tradeable permits in two directions. First the initial allocation of permits …, it is shown how market design affects the connection between 'Utilitarian,' 'Nash,' and 'Equal Gains' allocation … social utility. The effects of both market design and rules of allocation on optimal total quantity are described. Results …
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We study international free-riding-proof coalitions to solve trans-boundary environmental problems such as global warming. We show that the free-riding problem is rather serious so that a free-riding-proof coalition can consist of only a small number of countries. In the optimal coalitional...
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The Flexible Mechanisms articulated in the Kyoto Protocol provide a robust framework for emission reduction issue in a manner that is not just economically efficient, but is also pro-growth for trade. In the presence of liquid or illiquid markets, to attain higher value from the emission...
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We propose the river pollution claims problem to distribute a pollution budget among agents located along a river. A key distinction with the standard claims problem is that agents are ordered exogenously. For environmental reasons, the location of pollution along the river is an important...
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This paper compares the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement in the dynamic game of Battaglini and Harstad (2016). The asymmetric Nash solution of this game reflects the Paris Agreement, whereas the symmetric Nash solution reflects the Kyoto Protocol. In a large set of economies, the Kyoto...
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We propose the river pollution claims problem to distribute a limited pollution budget among agents located along a river. A key distinction with the standard claims problem is that agents are ordered and they are given priority based on their location in this order instead of their identity. We...
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This paper is the concluding chapter of Rights, Rents and Fairness: Allocation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme … lessons and general principles to be learnt from the allocation of allowances in the European Union Emission Trading Scheme … allocation process and on what are the global implications of the EU ETS. As has become obvious during the first allocation phase …
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. In this paper we suggest an allocation rule for permits which can handle this problem. If the permits are allocated twice … during the same period, and the allocation in the second round is dependent on the market price for permits, this allocation …
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