Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/273847 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 2023-036/VIII
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
We propose the river pollution claims problem to distribute a pollution budget among agents located along a river. A key distinction with the standard claims problem is that agents are ordered exogenously. For environmental reasons, the location of pollution along the river is an important concern in addition to fairness. We characterize the class of externality-adjusted proportional rules and argue that they strike a balance between fairness and minimizing environmental damage in the river. We also propose two novel axioms that are motivated by the river pollution context and use them to characterize two priority rules.
Subjects: 
Claims Problem
River Pollution
Pollution Permits
Externality-Adjusted Proportional Rules
Priority Rules
JEL: 
D62
D63
C71
Q25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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