Discussion Papers no. 606

Incentives to invest in abatement technology

In the longer run, effects on R&D and the implementation of advanced abatement technology may be at least as important as short-run cost effectiveness when we evaluate public environmental policy. In this paper, we show that the number of firms that adopt advanced abatement technology could be higher with emissions trading than with a tax if there is imperfect competition in the permits market. Under perfect competition, the number would always be higher with a tax, given that the regulator is myopic. If we allow for environmental policy response, the ranking is still ambiguous under imperfect competition, while the regimes become equal with perfect competition.

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Tittel

Incentives to invest in abatement technology

Ansvarlig

Halvor Briseid Storrøsten

Serie og -nummer

Discussion Papers no. 606

Utgiver

Statistics Norway

Emne

Discussion Papers

Antall sider

21

Målform

Engelsk

Om Discussion Papers

Discussion papers comprise research papers intended for international journals and books. A preprint of a Discussion Paper may be longer and more elaborate than a standard journal article as it may include intermediate calculations, background material etc.

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