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The design, testing and implementation of Virginia's NOx allowance auction

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  • Porter, David
  • Rassenti, Stephen
  • Shobe, William
  • Smith, Vernon
  • Winn, Abel

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We report on the design and testing of three auction mechanisms to maximize revenue and efficiency in the sale of two vintages of nitrous oxide emission allowances by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 2004. The three mechanisms considered were a combinatorial sealed bid (CSB) auction, a sequential English clock (SEC) auction, and a combinatorial English clock (CEC) auction. We find the SEC and CEC mechanisms to be superior the CSB when demand is relatively elastic.

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

Volume (Year): 69 (2009)
Issue (Month): 2 (February)
Pages: 190-200

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Handle: RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:69:y:2009:i:2:p:190-200

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Keywords: Tradeable emission allowances Combinatorial auctions Experimental economics;

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  1. Shobe, William & Palmer, Karen & Myers, Erica & Holt, Charles & Goeree, Jacob & Burtraw, Dallas, 2006. "An Experimental Analysis of Auctioning Emissions Allowances under a Loose Cap," Discussion Papers dp-09-25, Resources For the Future.
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