Evolutionary Analysis of a Three-Dimensional Carbon Price Dynamic System

Xinghua Fan, Ying Zhang and Jiuli Yin
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Xinghua Fan: Center for Energy Development and Environmental Protection Strategy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Ying Zhang: Center for Energy Development and Environmental Protection Strategy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Jiuli Yin: Center for Energy Development and Environmental Protection Strategy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: The carbon market is the least-cost tool to reduce carbon emissions. This study explores the evolution of the carbon price in the carbon market from a dynamic system perspective. A three-dimensional carbon price dynamic system is established to quantify the interactions among the carbon price, energy price, and economic growth. The system built in this study presents various dynamic characteristics including chaotic attractors and stable equilibria. Specifically, the existence of chaos in the system is verified by Lyapunov exponents spectrum and bifurcation diagram. In contrast, the system tends to be stable in the case of China after identifying the system parameters through the genetic algorithm. Furthermore, evolutionary trends of the carbon price are analyzed when the system parameters are perturbed. The results show that the carbon price is positively correlated with energy price as well as energy price policy. Besides, the level of the carbon price is negatively correlated with government control in the short term and positively correlated in the long term. This study can help analyze trends in the carbon price in the mid-term to long-term.

Keywords: carbon price; energy price; economic growth; chaotic attractor; evolutionary trends (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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