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Carbon allowance allocation rules under emission intensity regulation: Grandfathering versus benchmarking

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  • Zhao‐Yong Sun
  • Yu‐Jue Wang
  • Dongdong Li

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This paper compares the impacts of grandfathering and benchmarking rules on firms' operating decisions, consumer surplus, and social welfare with different emission intensity limits. The findings suggest that with tight emission intensity limits, grandfathering rules are more effective in controlling carbon emissions and enhancing social welfare. Benchmarking rule with relaxed emission intensity can incentivize firms to increase output, lower product prices, and increase consumer surplus. Under relaxed intensity regulation, grandfathering rule can encourage more potential entrants to participate in the product market, and benchmarking rule can motivate firms to take more outputs, resulting higher consumer surplus and more carbon emissions.

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  • Zhao‐Yong Sun & Yu‐Jue Wang & Dongdong Li, 2023. "Carbon allowance allocation rules under emission intensity regulation: Grandfathering versus benchmarking," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 44(6), pages 3185-3198, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:mgtdec:v:44:y:2023:i:6:p:3185-3198
    DOI: 10.1002/mde.3870
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