When to pollute, when to abate? Intertemporal permit use in the Los Angeles NOx market

Land Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-299

  Holland, Stephen P ^a,b   Moore, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INCENTIVE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION CONTROL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863094983     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.88.2.275     Document Type: Article

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