Non‐Parametric Modelling of CO2 Emission Quota |
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| Authors: | Alfons Oude Lansink Arno Van Der Vlist |
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| Institution: | Alfons Oude Lansink is the contact author, and, with Arno van der Vlist, is at Wageningen University – Business Economics, Hollandseweg 1, Wageningen 6706 KN, The Netherlands. E‐mail: . The authors thank two anonymous reviewers and the editors for their comments on earlier drafts. |
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| Abstract: | Dutch glasshouse firms are facing the introduction of a system of tradable CO2 emission quotas. This paper employs a non‐parametric method for modelling tradable CO2 emissions of Dutch glasshouse firms. The method is capable of generating shifts in CO2 emissions across the sample of firms. Moreover, changes in volumes of outputs produced and inputs used are computed. Results show that firms using a conventional heating technology will be net purchasers of CO2 emissions, whereas firms using more advanced heating technologies will sell part of their emission quota. |
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| Keywords: | CO2 emissions data envelopment analysis Dutch glasshouses efficiency mathematical programming productivity analysis tradable emissions quota C6 N5 Q0 Q4 |
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