TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract This study examines the investment opportunities available for individual investors in the carbon emissions market. Volume, investment correlations, location of trade, return volatility, and price discovery are examined for the Barclays carbon emissions exchange traded note (ETN) launched in July of 2008 and traded in U.S. markets. Our main findings indicate this new type of asset evidences diversification benefits for individual investors. Its main source of volatility and price discovery is the underlying European futures carbon market.
VL  - 13
SN  - 978-1-78190-312-4, 978-1-78190-311-7/1574-8715
DO  - 10.1108/S1574-8715(2013)0000013014
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1574-8715(2013)0000013014
AU  - Martinez Valeria
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - Carbon Emissions Trading: What it Means for Individual Investors
T2  - International Financial Markets
T3  - Frontiers of Economics and Globalization
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 165
EP  - 178
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -