The Economics of Pollution Permit Banking in the Context of Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments |
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| Authors: | Susanne M. Schennach |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Economics and Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139 |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents a model of the collective emission permit banking behavior of electricity-generating units affected by Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. A rigorous treatment of the constraint that pollution permits cannot be borrowed from future allocations is introduced. This approach enables an analysis of the impact of future changes in electricity demand, regulations, and technologies on the present permit price and emissions level. The effect of uncertainty on the banking behavior is also explored. |
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| Keywords: | Clean Air Act emission permits allowances banking |
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