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Allocation of CO2 Emission Allowances to Achieve Compensation Goals

This is a presentation by Dallas Burtraw of Resources for the Future about alternative ways that emission allowances can be allocated. The presentation was given for a seminar titled Cap-and-Trade Allowance Allocation Issues.

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Allocation of CO2 Emission Allowances to Achieve Compensation Goals (PDF)(45 pp, 2 MB, 09/23/2008)