Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research: Recent submissions

Now showing items 37-39 of 334

    • Stocks & Shocks: A Clarification in the Debate Over Price vs. Quantity Controls for Greenhouse Gases 

      Parsons, John E.; Taschini, Luca (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2011-03)
      We construct two simple examples that help to clarify the role of a key assumption in the analysis of price or quantity controls of greenhouse gases in the presence of uncertain costs. Traditionally much has been made ...

    • Review of Support Schemes for Renewable Energy Sources in South America 

      Batlle, Carlos; Barroso, Luiz A. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2011-02)
      This article reviews the current experiences implemented to date in the South American region to promote non-conventional renewable energy sources. We briefly describe first the particular characteristics of the territory ...

    • The Weak Tie Between Natural Gas and Oil Prices 

      Ramberg, David J.; Parsons, John E. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2010-11)
      Several recent studies establish that crude oil and natural gas prices are cointegrated, so that changes in the price of oil appear to translate into changes in the price of natural gas. Yet at times in the past, and very ...