Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24119 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 05-27
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
We analyze a dynamic multi-pollutant problem where abatement costs of several pollutants are not separable. The pollutants can be either technological substitutes or complements. Environmental damage is induced by the stock of accumulated pollution. We find that optimal emission paths are qualitatively different for substitutes and complements. We derive general properties governing optimal emission paths and present numerical examples to illustrate our main results. In particular we find that optimal emission paths need not be monotonic, even for highly symmetric pollutants. Finally, we describe a comparatively simple method to implement the optimal path without explicitly knowing its shape.
Subjects: 
Multi-pollution
abatement technology
accumulating pollutants
JEL: 
L5
Q2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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