Allocating Risks in a Domestic Greenhouse Gas Trading System

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading: Allocation of Permits

Foreword The Australian Greenhouse Office commissioned The Allen Consulting Group to consult with industry and other stakeholders and provide independent advice on permit allocation options under a possible national emissions trading system. This report represents The Allen Consulting Group's findings. The Australian Greenhouse Office is releasing this report in the interest of informing and pr...

Identifying the Proper Incidence of Regulation in a European Union Greenhouse Gas Emissions Allowance Trading System

This scoping paper was prepared primarily to provide background information to members of the Study Team on key issues related to the design of an European emissions trading scheme and to assist the "brainstorming" process. The views expressed in this paper are not necessarily those of CCAP who do cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of the information and analysis cont...

Using Emissions Trading to Regulate Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Experimental Methods for Research into Trading of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Why should we conduct experiments in economics? Ultimately, we wish to test whether the predictions developed through a priori economic reasoning can safely be applied in field conditions that are generally much more complicated than the abstract environment in which the theorizing occurred. To test the theory we must collect data. Frequently naturally occurring data is not appropriate for test...

Linkage of greenhouse gas emissions trading systems: learning from experience

The last ten years have seen the growth of linkages between many of the world’s cap-and-trade systems for greenhouse gases (GHGs), both directly between systems, and indirectly via connections to credit systems such as the Clean Development Mechanism. If nations have tried to act in their own self-interest, this proliferation of linkages implies that for many nations, the expected benefits of l...