Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/94357 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1912
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
We estimate the causal impact of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on manufacturing firms using comprehensive panel data from the German production census. Semiparametric matching estimators yield robust evidence that the policy caused treated firms to abate onefifth of their CO2 emissions between 2007 and 2010 relative to non-treated firms. This reduction was achieved predominantly by improving energy efficiency and by curbing the consumption of natural gas and petroleum products, but not electricity use. We find no evidence that emissions trading lowered employment, turnover or exports of treated firms.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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