Game—A Carbon Emissions Game

INFORMS Transactions on Education

Ian D. Frommer¹  Robert W. Day² 

[1] Department of Mathematics, United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut 06320;Operations and Information Management, School of Business, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269

关键词: emissions markets;    cap and trade;    classroom games;    CO2 emissions;    active learning;   

DOI  :  10.1287/ited.2017.0171

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: INFORMS

【 摘 要 】

This paper describes a carbon trading game to be played in a classroom setting. The game is modeled on real-world electric power markets with a carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions cap, often referred to as a “cap-and-trade” system. Players assume the roles of competing utilities, each with a fossil fuel plant and a renewable energy plant. Any electricity generated by fossil fuel requires offsetting carbon credits, which are available via auction. Depending on the auction price, it can be cheaper or more expensive to generate electricity with fossil fuel versus renewables. The goals of the game are: for students to become acquainted with cap-and-trade markets; to understand how regulatory policy applied to a market can induce environmental benefits; to discover how to mathematically derive strategies; to get a taste of basic game theory, auctions, and the newsvendor problem; and to meet these objectives in a fun setting. While fairly straightforward and simplified to provide symmetry among student competitors, ...

【 授权许可】

CC BY