Emission taxes and the market for abatement goods and services

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-191

  David, Maia ^a   Nimubona, Alain Désiré ^b   Sinclair Desgagné, Bernard ^c,d  

^a INRA ALISS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c CIRANO   (Canada)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Eco industry; Emission tax; Endogenous market structure; Free entry oligopoly

Indexed keywords

COURNOT OLIGOPOLY; ECO-INDUSTRY; EMISSION TAX; EMISSION TAXES; FREE-ENTRY OLIGOPOLY; MARKET STRUCTURES; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; RETURNS TO SCALE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION;

TAXATION;

ABATEMENT COST; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; OLIGOPOLY; POLLUTION TAX; RETURNS TO SCALE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 78649923334     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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