| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w20393 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 20393 |
| Terminating Links between Emission Trading Programs | |
| William A. Pizer; Andrew J. Yates | |
| 发表日期 | 2014-08-21 |
| 出版年 | 2014 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Compliance links between CO2 emission trading programs--where firms regulated under one region's tradable permit program can comply using permits from another region, and vice-versa--are beginning to arise as a vehicle to lower costs, increase liquidity, and strengthen institutions while achieving the same environmental outcome. These links are not immutable, however, as highlighted by New Jersey's decision to exit the multi-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative at the end of 2011. This raises the question of how to manage a delink and, in particular, what to do with existing permits that are banked for future use--choices that can have important consequences for market behavior in advance of, or upon speculation about, a delinking event. To examine this question, we consider two delinking policies. One differentiates banked permits by origin, where banked permits originating in one region are only valid for compliance in that region after the delink occurs. The other treats all banked permits the same, with each banked permit being similarly split into two pieces, with one piece valid in one region and the other piece valid in the other region. Using a two-region, two-period model, we describe the price behavior and relative cost-effectiveness of each policy. Treating permits differently generally leads to higher costs, and may lead regional prices to diverge, even when there is only speculation about delinking. We illustrate these results with a numerical example of the EU-Australian link contemplated in 2013. |
| 主题 | Environmental and Resource Economics ; Environment |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w20393 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
| 引用统计 | |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/578067 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | William A. Pizer,Andrew J. Yates. Terminating Links between Emission Trading Programs. 2014. |
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