Permit allocation

2003-01-17 Thread Steffen Hentrich
Dear Armchairs, in connection with the implementation of tradeble permit policy there is a discussion about the initial allocation of permits (free allocation vs. auction). Some emphasize the political advatages of freely allocated permit systems, because of the conveyance of scarcity rents to

Emission trading and initial endowment

2002-12-15 Thread Steffen Hentrich
Dear Armschairs, emission trading literature attribute grandfathering often the risk strategic behavior of firms to prevent newcomer. They pile up permits to inflate price of permits and in doing so, they save their market position. It seems me odd. First, if a lot of firms sell on the permit

Emission Trading

2002-12-11 Thread Steffen Hentrich
Dear Armchairs, does anybody know a comprehensive analysis of emisson trading programms? I'm especially interested in effects of permits distribution on competition. Greetings Steffen

Rational addictive vs. time inconsistent smokers

2002-05-02 Thread Steffen Hentrich
Dear armchairs, I invite you to discuss following paper: http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/gruberj/files/happy81.pdf Is the time inconsistent model of addiction a substantial advancement compared to the rational addiction model? How do you judge the emperical approach of this paper? Steffen