Guo, J., Gu, F., Liu, Y. et al. Assessing the impact of ETS trading profit on emission abatements based on firm-level transactions. Nat Commun

Objective:

• Examine the effectiveness of the market incentives that aims at stimulating abatements for trading

Case:

• EU

Methodology:

• Quantile regression

Data Source

• Firm transaction data: EUTL

Findings:

• Abatements for trading can be well-realized as trading profits

• Higher marginal profits go hand in hand with higher abatements

Coding Reference:

• Upon request