Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Papers in Economics,
University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics
No 634: Architecture of the EU Emissions Trading System in Phase 3 and the Distribution of Allowance Asset Values
Åsa Löfgren (), Dallas Burtraw, Markus Wråke and Anna Malinovskaya
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Åsa Löfgren: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Postal: P.O. Box 640, SE 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden,
Dallas Burtraw: Resources for the Future
Markus Wråke: Energy Unit at IVL
Anna Malinovskaya: Resources for the Future
Abstract: Recent changes to the EU Emissions Trading System introduce structural changes regarding the initial distribution of emissions allowances, which are worth tens of billions of euros. A key change is the expanding role for auctions, which account for about half of the allowance allocation now and will be a growing share going forward. The use of revenue from auctions is a decision left to EU Member States and appears increasingly important. Well over half of auction revenue to date has been directed to energy and climate related purposes. Further, we do not find evidence that Member States have used state aid to electricity-intensive firms to strategically support domestic industry. The trading system is evolving in a way that is likely to improve its performance, but there remain important questions related the future price of allowances and the distribution and use of asset value created under the trading system.
Keywords: auction; cap and trade; European Union; EU ETS; allocation; climate change; policy
72 pages, October 2015
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