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Public acceptance and willingness to pay cost-effective taxes on red meat and road traffic in Norway

Grimsrud, Kristine M.; Lindhjem, Henrik; Sem, Ingvild Vestre - 2019

The Norwegian high-level Green Tax Commission proposes inter alia cost-effective taxes on red meat and increased toll charges on road traffic to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution, respectively. Implementation requires support by the public, but the acceptance of such taxes...

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Can non-market regulations spur innovations in environmental technologies? A study on firm level patenting

Klemetsen, Marit E.; Bye, Brita; Raknerud, Arvid - 2013

This paper provides new evidence on the role of non-market based ("command-and-control") regulations in relation to innovations in environmental technologies. While pricing is generally considered the first-best policy instrument, non-market regulations, such as technology standards and...

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Taxes, Permits, and the Diffusions of a New Technology

Coria, Jessica - 2008

This study looks at the effects of the choice between taxes and permits on the pattern of adoption of a new (pollution) emissions abatement technology. It uses a dynamic setting, where the regulator observes the arrival and initial use of the technology and determines the optimal ex-post amount...

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What Kinds of Firms Are More Sensitive to Public Disclosure Programs for Pollution Control? The Case of Indonesia’s PROPER Program

Garcia, Jorge H.; Afsah, Shakeb; Sterner, Thomas - 2008

This paper analyzes differences in firms’ responsiveness to PROPER, Indonesia’s public disclosure program for industrial pollution control. The overall effectiveness of this program at achieving emissions reductions and its low regulatory costs earned it a good reputation around the world....

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Does Disclosure Reduce Pollution? Evidence from India’s Green Rating Project

Nicholas, Powers; Blackman, Allen; Lyon, Thomas P.; … - 2008

Public disclosure programs that collect and disseminate information about firms’ environmental performance are increasingly popular in both developed and developing countries. Yet little is known about whether they actually improve environmental performance, particularly in the latter setting....

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Tradable Permits in Developing Countries: Evidence from Air Pollution in Santiago, Chile

Coria, Jessica; Sterner, Thomas - 2008

Santiago was one of the first cities outside the OECD to implement a tradable permit program to control air pollution. This paper looks closely at the program’s performance over the past ten years, stressing its similarities and discrepancies with trading programs implemented in developed...

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Unintended Impacts of Multiple Instruments on Technology Adoption

Coria, Jessica - 2009

There are many situations where environmental authorities use a mix of environmental policy instruments, rather than one single instrument, to address environmental concerns. For example, one instrument may be used to reduce overall emissions of a pollutant while another is used to address...

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Deposit-Refund Systems in Practice and Theory

Walls, Margaret - 2011

other environmental problems beyond waste disposal. By imposing an up-front fee on consumption and subsidizing “green … Pigovian tax. Theoretical models have shown that alternative waste disposal policies, such as virgin materials taxes, advance … corroborated in calibrated models of U.S. waste and recycling. And in theoretical models that consider joint environmental problems …

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Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Analysis Deconstructed: Changing Assumptions, Changing Results

Beasley, Blair; Woerman, Matt; Paul, Anthony; Burtraw, … - 2013

Several recent studies have used simulation models to quantify the potential effects of recent environmental regulations on power plants, including the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), one of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s most expensive regulations. These studies have...

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Is ISO 14001 a Gateway to More Advanced Voluntary Action? A Case for Green Supply Chain Management

Arimura, Toshi H.; Darnall, Nicole; Katayama, Hajime - 2009

Using Japanese facility-level data, we estimate the effects of ISO 14001 certification on the promotion of more advanced practices, namely green supply chain management (GSCM). Our results show that ISO 14001 promotes GSCM practices, in that facilities with environmental management systems (EMS)...

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