@article{Fershtman:275612, recid = {275612}, author = {Fershtman, Chaim and de Zeeuw, Aart}, title = {Tradeable Emission Permits in Oligopoly}, address = {1995-12}, number = {2123-2018-4975}, series = {Working Paper No. 45-95}, pages = {44}, year = {1995}, abstract = {The paper considers an oligopolistic industry in which pollution is a by-product of production. Firms are assumed to have emission permits that restrict the amount that they pollute. These permits are assumed to be tradeable and the paper discusses a structure in which the same set of firms operates both in the product market as well as in the pollution permits market. The paper demonstrates that in such a structure allowing trade in emission permits is not necessarily beneficial. In particular it may lead to the choice of inferior production and abatement technologies, it may lead to a market equilibrium with lower output rates and higher prices and it may result in a shift of production from a low cost to a high cost firm.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/275612}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.275612}, }