Arbeitspapier
Emissions Trading: Impact on Electricity Prices and Energy-Intensive Industries
The EU-wide Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), established in 2005, is a key pillar of Europe¿s strategy to attain compliance with the Kyoto Protocol. Under this scheme, CO2 allowances have thus far been allocated largely free of charge. This paper demonstrates that such cost-free allocation, commonly called grandfathering, implies an increase in electricity prices even when strong competition prevails on electricity markets. As our estimations for Germany¿s power sector show, these price increases result in substantial windfall profits, giving rise to public skepticism and calls for an auctioning of certificates in the future. While empirical evidence on the ETS¿ impacts is scant, the findings reviewed here indicate that even in the absence of certificate auctioning, energy-intensive industry sectors, such as primary aluminum production, may suffer heavily from the ETS-induced electricity price increases. We therefore argue that an abrupt transition to a complete auctioning system may endanger the competitive position of energy-intensive industries in Europe, unless all other major industrial and transition countries are integrated into a global emissions trading system.
- ISBN
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978-3-86788-088-6
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 81
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices
Energy: Government Policy
- Thema
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Grandfathering
auctioning
competition
Emissionshandel
Kohlendioxid
Allokation
Auktion
Wirtschaftspolitische Wirkungsanalyse
Stromtarif
Windfall Profit
Elektrizitätswirtschaft
Industrie
Energiekonsum
Internationaler Wettbewerb
EU-Staaten
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Frondel, Manuel
Schmidt, Christoph M.
Vance, Colin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
- (wo)
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Essen
- (wann)
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2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Frondel, Manuel
- Schmidt, Christoph M.
- Vance, Colin
- Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
Entstanden
- 2008
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