Second-best taxation of emissions and polluting goods

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-197

  Cremer, Helmuth ^a   Gahvari, Firouz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Dept of Food Sci and Hum Nutr   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission taxes; H21; H23; Informational structure; Output taxes; Pigouvian rule; Second best

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009803954     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00086-4     Document Type: Article

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