Irreversible Abatement Investment Under Cost Uncertainties: Tradable Emission Permits and Emissions Charges

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dc.contributor.author Zhao, Jinhua
dc.contributor.department Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
dc.date 2018-02-16T12:57:50.000
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-30T01:03:34Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-30T01:03:34Z
dc.date.embargo 2015-06-14
dc.date.issued 2000-08-01
dc.description.abstract <p>A major concern with tradable emission permits (TEPs) is that stochastic permit prices may reduce firm incentive to invest in abatement capital or technologies relative to other policies such as a fixed emissions charge. However, under efficient permit trading, the price uncertainty is caused by abatement cost uncertainties which affect investment under both permit and charge policies. The authors develop a rational expectations general equilibrium model of permit trading to show how cost uncertainty affects investment. Differences between the two policies can be decomposed into a general equilibrium effect and a price-versus-quantity effect. Except for the curvature of the payoff functions, uncertainties reduce both effects so that tradable permits in fact help maintain firms' investment incentive under uncertainty.</p>
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dc.subject.disciplines Agricultural and Resource Economics
dc.subject.disciplines Agricultural Economics
dc.subject.disciplines Economics
dc.subject.disciplines Environmental Health and Protection
dc.subject.disciplines Environmental Policy
dc.subject.disciplines Natural Resource Economics
dc.title Irreversible Abatement Investment Under Cost Uncertainties: Tradable Emission Permits and Emissions Charges
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