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Energy prices and emissions trading: windfall profits from grandfathering?

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  • O. Couwenberg
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  • E. Woerdman & O. Couwenberg & A. Nentjes, 2009. "Energy prices and emissions trading: windfall profits from grandfathering?," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 28(2), pages 185-202, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:ejlwec:v:28:y:2009:i:2:p:185-202
    DOI: 10.1007/s10657-009-9098-6
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    Keywords

    Emissions trading; Energy prices; Windfall profits; Opportunity costs; Grandfathering; Auctioning; D21; D62; K32; Q48; Q54;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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