Title: Instruments for climate policy : limited versus unlimited flexibility /
Authors: Albrecht, Johan.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub.,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Air quality management Economic aspects United States.; Carbon taxes United States.; Emissions trading United States.; Environmental impact charges United States
Abstract: "Academics, researchers, policymakers, NGOs, and journalists interested in environmental economics will all find this an illuminating volume, as will political scientists."--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction / Johan Albrecht -- Climate policy instruments and strategies / Peter Zapfel and David Gardiner -- Economic efficiency of cross-sectoral emissions trading in CO2 in the European Union / Pantelis Capros [and others]. -- Why did the EU propose to limit emissions trading? / Edwin Woerdman -- Supplementarity in the European carbon emission market / Johan Eyckmans and Jan Cornillie -- On the optimal timing of reductions of CO2 emissions / Henri L.F. de Groot -- Joint implementation as a flexible instrument -- a CGE analysis between a developing and an industrialized country / Christoph Böhringer, Klaus Conrad and Andreas Löschel -- The Australian greenhouse challenge / Rory Sullivan and Robin Ormerod -- The clean development mechanism / Jyoti P. Painuly -- Risk management of joint implementation and clean development mechanism projects through carbon investment funds / Josef Janssen -- On the dynamic efficiency and environmental integrity of GHG tradable quotas / Khalil Helioui.