Carbon Emissions: A Better Approach to Allowance Distribution?

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Feb. 25, 2016

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"'AEE Institute shines a bright light on a centerpiece of efficient and fair carbon regulation,' said Dallas Burtraw, Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF), an expert on allocation in mass-based tradable permit systems. 'A mass-based system with trading creates new value and initially distributing that value wisely can help us achieve prosperity along with emissions reduction.'"

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Dallas Burtraw

Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow

Dallas Burtraw is the Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow at RFF. Burtraw’s research includes analysis of the distributional and regional consequences of climate policy and the evolution of electricity markets, including renewables integration.

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