Information asymmetry in voluntary environmental agreements: theory and evidence from UK climate change agreements

Abstract Voluntary environmental agreements (VEAs) are often plagued by adverse selection problems, because the regulator has imperfect information about firm-specific production technologies and abatement costs. We explore this issue using the UK climate change agreement (CCA) as a case study. Firs...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oxford economic papers 2021-04, Vol.73 (2), p.644-670
Hauptverfasser: Adetutu, Morakinyo O, Stathopoulou, Eleni
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