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Home country bias in international emissions trading: Evidence from the EU ETS

Hintermann, Beat and Ludwig, Markus. (2023) Home country bias in international emissions trading: Evidence from the EU ETS. Resource and Energy Economics, 71. p. 101336.

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Abstract

We examine the pattern of allowance trades in the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) using highly disaggregated trading data and identify a significant and robust home market bias. Our results point to informational transactions costs that increase when trading across national borders. The existing trade pattern in goods and services explains two thirds of the home bias, with the remainder due to other causes. Our finding suggests that firms make use of existing trade networks to overcome search costs in bilateral allowance trade. Since the home bias differs across firms, it follows that marginal abatement costs are not equalized across market participants of the EU ETS.
Faculties and Departments:06 Faculty of Business and Economics > Departement Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Professuren Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Public Economics / Public Finance (Hintermann)
UniBasel Contributors:Hintermann, Beat
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0928-7655
e-ISSN:1873-0221
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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