Household incidence of pollution control policies: A robust welfare analysis using general equilibrium effects

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-243

  Araar, Abdelkrim ^a   Dissou, Yazid ^b   Duclos, Jean Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

General equilibrium effects; Household incidence; Pollution control policies; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC EMISSIONS; DOMINANCE ANALYSIS; FIRST-ORDER; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; HOUSEHOLD INCIDENCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; PAYROLL TAXES; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; SECOND ORDERS; STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE; WAGE RATE; WELFARE ANALYSIS;

EMPLOYMENT; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; STATISTICAL TESTS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WAGES;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

EMISSIONS TRADING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; POVERTY DETERMINANT; STOCHASTICITY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 79951552573     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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