Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research: Recent submissions

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    • Assessment of U.S. cap-and-trade proposals 

      Paltsev, Sergey V. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2007)
      The MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis model is applied to an assessment of a set of cap-and-trade proposals being considered by the U.S. Congress in spring 2007. The bills specify emissions reductions to be ...

    • Multi-Factor Model of Correlated Commodity - Forward Curves for Crude Oil and Shipping Markets 

      Ellefsen, Per Einar; Sclavounos, Paul D. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2009)
      An arbitrage free multi-factor model is developed of the correlated forward curves of the crude oil, gasoline, heating oil and tanker shipping markets. Futures contracts trading on public exchanges are used as the primary ...

    • Reductions in ozone concentrations due to controls on variability in industrial flare emissions in Houston, Texas 

      Nam, Junsang; Webster, Mort David; Kimura, Yosuke; Jeffries, Harvey Edward; Vizuete, William Gustavo; e.a. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2007)
      High concentrations of ozone in the Houston/Galveston area are associated with industrial plumes of highly reactive hydrocarbons, mixed with NOx. The emissions leading to these plumes can have significant temporal variability, ...