David, Maia; Nimubona, Alain-Désiré; … - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2011
This paper examines the effect of emission taxes on pollution abatement and social welfare, when abatement goods and services are provided by a Cournot oligopoly with free-entry. We point out initially that a higher tax not only increases demand for abatement; it also makes polluters less...