M. Schreyer erörtert zu dem Thema "EG-Binnenmarkt und Umweltschutz" drei Fragen, nämlich der adäquaten Handlungsebene, der Instrumentenwahl und der Diskrepanz zwischen Aufgaben und Handlungsmöglichkeiten. Bei der Instrumentenwahl, stellt sie vorallendingen die ökonomischen Instrumente, wie...

Tradable Permits – a Market-Based Allocation System for the Environment. Tradable Permits and Other Environmental Policy Instruments – Killing one Bird with two Stones. Tradable Permits – Ten Key Design Issues. Tradable Permits with Imperfect Monitoring. Emissions Trading with Greenhouse...

This paper studies the influence of invironmental policies on environmental quality, domestic firms, and welfare.

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...