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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading: Allocation of Permits

Foreword The Australian Greenhouse Office commissioned The Allen Consulting Group to consult with industry and other stakeholders and provide independent advice on permit allocation options under a possible national emissions trading system. This report represents The Allen Consulting Group's findings. The Australian Greenhouse Office is releasing this report in the interest of informing and pr...

Using Emissions Trading to Regulate Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Experimental Methods for Research into Trading of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Why should we conduct experiments in economics? Ultimately, we wish to test whether the predictions developed through a priori economic reasoning can safely be applied in field conditions that are generally much more complicated than the abstract environment in which the theorizing occurred. To test the theory we must collect data. Frequently naturally occurring data is not appropriate for test...

Linkage of greenhouse gas emissions trading systems: learning from experience

The last ten years have seen the growth of linkages between many of the world’s cap-and-trade systems for greenhouse gases (GHGs), both directly between systems, and indirectly via connections to credit systems such as the Clean Development Mechanism. If nations have tried to act in their own self-interest, this proliferation of linkages implies that for many nations, the expected benefits of l...

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADING IN U.S. STATES Observations and Lessons from the OTC NOx Budget Program

LAYOUT Each World Resources Institute report represents a timely, scholarly treatment of a subject of public concern. WRI takes responsibility for choosing the study topics and guaranteeing its authors and researchers freedom of inquiry. It also solicits and responds to the guidance of advisory panels and expert reviewers. Unless otherwise stated, however, all the interpretation and findings se...