A trading-ratio system for trading water pollution discharge permits

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-102

  Hung, Ming Feng ^a   Shaw, Daigee ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Free rider; Hot spot; Location effect; Sequential bilateral trading procedure; Tradable discharge permit; Trading ratio; Transaction cost; Transfer coefficient; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STREAM FLOW; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EXOGENOUS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; TRADING-RATIO SYSTEM (TRS); WATER POLLUTION DISCHARGE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ABATEMENT COST; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EMISSIONS TRADING; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 10044249090     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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