Prices vs quantities with multiple pollutants

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-140

  Ambec, Stefan ^a,b   Coria, Jessica ^b  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Emission standard; Environmental regulation; Policy mixes; Pollution; Tax

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COSTS; ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; BENEFITS AND COSTS; EMISSION STANDARD; MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; PRIVATE INFORMATION; TAX;

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

POLLUTION;

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; COST; INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLICY APPROACH; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; POLLUTION TAX; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 84880641922     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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