Which Method of Emissions Trading Is the Best at Reducing Pollution?

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2011

Authors

Buckley, Neil
Mestelman, Stuart
Muller, R. Andrew

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Abstract

A lab simulation showed that cap-and-trade emissions trading leads to less pollution than baseline-and-credit if the emissions rate stays the same.

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Climate Change

Citation

Buckley, N. J., Mestelman, S., & Muller, R. A. (2009). Baseline-and-credit emission permit trading: Experimental evidence under variable output capacity. In T. Cherry, S. Kroll & J. Shogren (Eds.), Environmental economics, experimental methods (pp. 9-28). New York : Routledge Press.