How does a cap-and-trade program deliver a minimum-overall-cost allocation of abatement responsibility? How is required abatement for each firm dictated within a cap-and-trade program? What information is conveyed by the equilibrium price of the permits being traded? How have recent cap-and-trade programs been modified to prevent market disruptions from resulting in either price spikes or extremely low prices?

How does a cap-and-trade program deliver a minimum-overall-cost allocation of abatement responsibility? How is required abatement for each firm dictated within a cap-and-trade program? What information is conveyed by the equilibrium price of the permits being traded? How have recent cap-and-trade programs been modified to prevent market disruptions from resulting in either price spikes or extremely low prices?

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781305506381

Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Chapter16: Government Regulation

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