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THE IMPACTS OF THE EU ETS ON NORWEGIAN PLANTS’ ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

Marit Klemetsen, Knut Einar Rosendahl and Anja Lund Jakobsen (anja.l.jakobsen@gmail.com)
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Marit Klemetsen: CICERO Center for International Climate Research, Norway2Statistics Norway, Norway
Anja Lund Jakobsen: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

Climate Change Economics (CCE), 2020, vol. 11, issue 01, 1-32

Abstract: This paper examines the impacts of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) on the environmental and economic performance of Norwegian plants. The ETS is regarded as the cornerstone climate policy in the EU and Norway, but there has been considerable debate regarding its effects due to low quota prices and substantial allocation of free allowances. The rich data allow us to investigate potential effects of the ETS on several important aspects of plant behavior. The results indicate a weak tendency of emissions reductions among Norwegian plants in the second phase of the ETS, but not in the other phases. We find no significant effects on emissions intensity in any of the phases, but positive effects on value added and productivity in the second phase. These positive effects may be due to the large amounts of free allowances, and that plants may have passed on additional marginal costs to consumers.

Keywords: Tradable emissions quotas; emissions intensity; productivity; propensity score matching; difference-in-differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1142/S2010007820500062

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