Capturing the least costly way of reducing pollution: A shadow price approach

Ecological Economics

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-24

  Rødseth, Kenneth Løvold ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Directional distance function; Marginal abatement costs; Materials balance condition

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; COMPLIANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION CONTROL; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84878179252     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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