Emissions standards and ambient environmental quality standards with stochastic environmental services

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-389

  Hamilton, Stephen F ^a   Requate, Till ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient standards; Emissions standards; Environmental policy; Stochastic environmental damages

Indexed keywords

CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; OPTIMAL LEVEL; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; TOXIC POLLUTANTS;

OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STOCHASTICITY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869868139     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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