Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/37247 
Full metadata record
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorRequate, Tillen
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, Steveen
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-11T09:04:33Z-
dc.date.available2010-08-11T09:04:33Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/37247-
dc.description.abstractThis paper considers the performance of ambient environmental quality and emissions (effluent) policies in settings where the ability of the receiving environmental media to assimilate pollution is stochastic, for instance a river with variable streamflow. Our main findings are: (i) ambient environmental quality policies welfare dominate emission policies for sufficiently damaging pollutants and for pollutants with sufficiently high abatement costs; (ii) emissions policies tend to induce over-investment in abatement equipment relative to the socially optimal resource allocation, while ambient policies tend to induce under-investment; and (iii) emission policies produce superior outcomes for welfare relative to ambient policies when abatement costs are low. This suggests an optimal lifecycle of environmental regulations may exist in which ambient environmental policies are used in early periods when abatement markets are relatively undeveloped, then emission policies are employed in later periods as cost-effective abatement equipment becomes available.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aVerein für Socialpolitik |cFrankfurt a. M.en
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aBeiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: Environmental Policy: Incentives and Instruments |xF18-V1en
dc.subject.jelQ20en
dc.subject.jelQ28en
dc.subject.jelQ25en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEnvironmental policyen
dc.subject.keywordambient standardsen
dc.titleAmbient Environmental Quality Policies in Stochastic Media-
dc.typeConference Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn654935823en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.