With or without U(K): A pre-Brexit network analysis of the EU ETS


Autoři: Simone Borghesi aff001;  Andrea Flori aff003
Působiště autorů: FSR Climate, European University Institute, Florence, Italy aff001;  Department of Political and International Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy aff002;  Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan, Italy aff003
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(9)
Kategorie: Research Article
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221587

Souhrn

The European Emission Trading System (EU ETS) is commonly regarded as the key pillar of the European climate policy and as the main unifying tool to create a unique carbon price all over Europe. The UK has always played a crucial role in the EU ETS, being one of the most active national registry and a crucial hub for the exchange of allowances in the market. Brexit, therefore, could deeply modify the number and directions of such exchanges as well as the centrality of the other countries in this system. To investigate these issues, the present paper exploits network analysis tools to compare the structure of the EU ETS market in its first two phases with and without the UK, investigating a few different scenarios that might emerge from a possible reallocation of the transactions that have involved UK partners. We find that without the UK the EU ETS network would become in general much more homogeneous, though results may change focusing on the type of accounts involved in the transactions.

Klíčová slova:

People and places – Geographical locations – Europe – European Union – France – Germany – Denmark – Computer and information sciences – Network analysis – Centrality – Physical sciences – Mathematics – Algebra – Linear algebra – Eigenvectors


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