Arbeitspapier

On the Sequential Choice of Tradable Permit Allocations

This paper investigates the sequential announcement of domestic emissions caps by regulators in a federal or international-based tradable pollution permit market for a transboundary pollutant. A leader-follower framework is used to analyse the consequences of regulators sequentially announcing domestic allocation caps. We find the sequential choice of domestic allocation caps is sub-optimal and depends on the follower's reaction to the leader's choice. Furthermore, the marginal damage and the degree to which allocations are substitutes or complements affects whether the leader changes from being a net permit buyer (seller) of permits to a seller (buyer).

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Economics Working Paper Series ; No. 08/83

Classification
Wirtschaft
Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy
Subject
Initial allocation
international tradable permit market
leader-follower
Emissionshandel
Grenzüberschreitende Umweltbelastung
Allokation
Duopol
Nash-Gleichgewicht
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
MacKenzie, Ian A.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
ETH Zurich, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research
(where)
Zurich
(when)
2008

DOI
doi:10.3929/ethz-a-005562742
Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • MacKenzie, Ian A.
  • ETH Zurich, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research

Time of origin

  • 2008

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