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Based on the Web of Science database, this paper uses the bibliometric method to analyze the characteristics of the most relevant studies of carbon price in emissions trading scheme. Researchers have shed light on this research field since 1994. The USA and China occupy the leading research position in this field. The most productive journal is Energy Policy and the most productive author is Chevallier J. Chinese Academy of Sciences is the institution with the most publications related to carbon price. Cooperation analysis shows that the cooperation between authors, institutions and countries is constantly growing. We find out that carbon price fluctuation, influencing factors of carbon price, price mechanism of the carbon market, theory analysis of carbon pricing policy and carbon price effects are the main areas of research focus. Also, we detect that different policies, emissions level and energy prices are the main influencing factors on carbon price.
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TS = [(“carbon market*” or “carbon emission*” or “carbon emission* trad*” or “carbon emission right*” or “carbon trad*” or “ETS” or “emission trad* scheme” or “emission* trad*” or “emission permits trade” or “trad* permit*” or “pilot carbon market*” or “allowance market”) AND (“carbon dioxide pric*” or “carbon pric*” or “emission* pric*” or “pric* mechanism” or “permit* pric*” or “allowance* pric*” or “quota* pric*” or “transmission mechanism”)].
It should be noted that the UK in this study refers to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. “China” refers solely to Mainland China, and papers from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are excluded.
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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 71573013, 71642004), Special Items Fund for Cultivation and Development of Beijing Creative Base (Grant No. Z171100002217023), Key Project of Beijing Social Science Foundation Research Base (Grant No. 15DJA084), National Key R&D Program (Grant No. 2016YFA0602603) and Special Items Fund of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education.
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Ji, CJ., Li, XY., Hu, YJ. et al. Research on carbon price in emissions trading scheme: a bibliometric analysis. Nat Hazards 99, 1381–1396 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-018-3433-6
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