Abatement and allocation in the pilot phase of the EU ETS

Anderson, B. and Di Maria, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3048-0506 (2011) Abatement and allocation in the pilot phase of the EU ETS. Environmental and Resource Economics, 48 (1). pp. 1-21. ISSN 0924-6460

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Abstract

We use historical industrial emissions data to assess the level of abatement and over-allocation that took place across European countries during the pilot phase (2005-2007) of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme. Using a dynamic panel data model, we estimate the counter factual (business-as-usual) emissions scenario for EU member states. Comparing this baseline to allocated and verified emissions, we find that both over-allocation and abatement occurred, along with under-allocation and emissions inflation. Over the three trading years of the pilot phase we find over-allocation of approximately 280 million EUAs and total abatement of 247 Mt CO. However, we calculate that emissions inflation of approximately 73 Mt CO also occurred, possibly due to uncertainty about future policy design features.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	emissions trading scheme,climate policy,dynamic panel data analysis,c23,o13,q54,q58,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Environment, Resources and Conflict Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Economic Theory Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Applied Econometrics And Finance Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2013 14:15
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2023 16:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44405
DOI:	10.1007/s10640-010-9399-9

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