Optimal incentives to reduce transboundary emissions: Theory and empirical illustration to sulphur emissions in Austria and (former) Czechoslovakia

Empirica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-172

  Huber, Claus ^a   Wirl, Franz ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Principal agent theory; Second best; Strategic behaviour; Sulphur dioxide; Transboundary emissions

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT INCENTIVE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRINCIPAL AGENT THEORY; SULPHUR EMISSIONS; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

AUSTRIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 0030432196     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00925337     Document Type: Article

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