The gains from differentiated policies to control stock pollution when producers are heterogeneous

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1059-1063

  Xabadia, Angels ^a   Goetz, Renan U ^a,b   Zilberman, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b Centre de Referència en Economia Analítica   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiated policies; Two stage optimal control; Uniform policies; Welfare

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; ECONOMIC THEORY; POLICY APPROACH; TAX SYSTEM; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 51349119286     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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