In river systems, costly upstream pollution abatement creates downstream welfare gains. Absent adequate agreement on how to share the gains, upstream regions lack incentives to reduce pollution levels. We develop a model that makes explicit the impact of water quality on production benefits and...

In river systems, costly upstream pollution abatement creates downstream welfare gains. Absent adequate agreement on how to share the gains, upstream regions lack incentives to reduce pollution levels. We develop a model that makes explicit the impact of water quality on production benefits and...

Manfred Kemper: Das Umweltproblem in der Marktwirtschaft. Wirtschaftstheoretische Grundlagen und vergleichende Analyse umweltpolitischer Instrumente in der Luftreinhalte- und Gewässerschutzpolitik. Verlag Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1989, 354 Seiten, 78 DM