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When there are three parties, instability problems brought about by the emptiness of the core of the corresponding cooperative game may cause the Coase Theorem to fail, even when other more direct impediments to bargaining are low. We show that the standard Coasean bargaining game involving...
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This paper presents a general equilibrium analysis of economic efficiency under externalities, transaction costs and … to hold under general conditions: the efficient management of externalities remains consistent with aggregate profit …
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cost theory and of the Coase Theorem. The paper discusses main aspects of his theory and his core theoretical contributions … including more recent ones as well as their impact on the development of the economic theory and economic policy. The role of …
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This paper examines the positions of Coase and Pigou in regard to the problem of external effects (externalities … 1960, Coase’s theory has been developed and has become a pillar of tort law and economics. Pigou proposed a tax as an …
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The main purpose of this paper is to analyze one important part of the emerging environmental problems in China--- water pollution. The importance of water for any nation is obvious. In case of China it acquires particular salience because of China’s industrial needs as well as human needs....
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-dependent externalities to the non-consumers. Resale markets for such goods are analysed in various institutional settings with complete …
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We focus here on a set of conceptual problems related to the accepted theory of externalities. We are primarily … externality theory when the market model assuming independent agents is used to analyze physical interdependency. The different …. The creation of emissions and the creation of externalities are further not held apart producing flows in the efficiency …
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In intermediate microeconomic textbooks the reciprocal nature of externalities is presented using numerical examples of … theory. …
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We consider a general equilibrium economy with public goods and externalities. Following Boyd and Conley (1997), we … externalities. We extend the Boyd and Conley model to allow firms to benefit from public goods and be damaged by externalities, and … to allow consumers to produce externalities. We state a first welfare theorem and prove the existence of a competitive …
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This paper considers the role of government in the case of externalities and, in particular, in the case of alcohol … externalities. The purpose of the paper is to assess whether the current level of the alcohol excise can be justified on externality … grounds. The paper assesses various mechanisms to address externalities. These mechanisms are institutional solutions, trade …
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