Environmental policy and the equilibrium rate of unemployment

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 132-156

  Wagner, Thomas ^a  

^a FOM University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constrained efficiency; Emission tax; Environmental policy instruments; Equilibrium unemployment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; COSTS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; TAXATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EQUILIBRIUM UMEMPLOYMENT; FIRST-BEST SEARCHING METHOD; POLICY MAKING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BARGAINING; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLLUTION TAX; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 10044227105     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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