Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research: Recent submissions
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The sources of emission reductions : evidence from U.S. SO₂ emissions from 1985-2002
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2004)An enduring issue in environmental regulation is whether to clean up existing "old" plants or in some manner to bring in new ₃clean₄ plants to replace the old. In this paper, a unit-level data base of emissions by nearly ... -
Oil and natural gas reserve prices, 1982-2002 : implications for depletion and investment cost
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2003)A time series is estimated of in-ground prices - as distinct from wellhead prices ₆ of US oil and natural gas reserves for the period 1982-2002, using market purchase and sale transaction information. The prices are a ... -
Are cap-and-trade programs more environmentally effective than conventional regulation?
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2003)This paper considers the evidence and possible reasons that cap-and-trade programs are more effective in meeting environmental objectives than conventional prescriptive regulation. The evidence is based mostly, but not ...
