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An Economic Approach to Climate Change
Bogard, Matt - 2008
reviews some of the literature and economic theory related to externalities, and focuses on two particular economist … situations where choices are incompatible, (often referred to as externalities) and proposing solutions. This presentation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466946
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Konferenz Sustainability 21 : Helsinki, 5. und 6. November 1999 ; Europäisches Beratendes Forum für Umwelt und nachhaltige Entwicklung
Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Umwelt - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009635818
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Optimal Coverage of Installations in a Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
Sanderson, Todd; Ancev, Tihomir; Betz, Regina - 2008
Trading schemes for emission allowances have become a panacea for nations aspiring toreduce their aggregate emissions of greenhouse gases from industry in a cost-effectivemanner. The contention of this paper is that an emissions trading scheme (ETS) shouldnot be based on blanket coverage of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443299
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Dynamic decision making and race games
De, Shipra - 2011
Frequent criticism in dynamic decision making research pertains to the overly complex nature of the decision tasks used in experimentation. To address such concerns we study dynamic decision making with respect to the simple race game Hog, which has a computable optimal decision strategy. In the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009458721
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Policy Suggestions for Emissions Trading in the U.S.A.
Wallshein, Nathaniel - 2010
This honors thesis will examine current and theoretical "cap and trade" emissions trading schemes in an attempt to make recommendations on how to improve this regulated commodity market. The various control mechanisms available to regulators will be discussed: including allocation methodology,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429979
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A GERAÇÃO DE EXTERNALIDADES E O PROCESSO DE RECICLAGEM: A APLICAÇÃO DA METODOLOGIA DA ANÁLISE DO CICLO DE VIDA COMO FERRAMENTA GERENCIAL
Souza, Roberta Fernanda Da Paz De - 2008
externalities and the method of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) make part of this device. From its application the adoption of measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442794
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Jointly-Determined Livestock Disease Dynamics and Decentralized Economic Behavior
Gramig, Benjamin M.; Horan, Richard D. - 2009
We develop a dynamic model of livestock disease and decentralized economic behavior as a jointly-determined system. By accounting for feedbacks between behavioral choices and disease outcomes we capture the endogenous nature of infection risks. We consider government mandated testing of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444700
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Contracting with Agents Seeking Status
Bontems, Philippe - 2009
We explore in this paper the consequences of status seeking preferences among agentscontracting with a private principal in the context of production. We examine in particular the case of envy and we show that in general envy entails augmented distortions due to asymmetric information in optimal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444735
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VALUATION OF EXTERNALITIES IN WATER, FORESTS AND ENVIRONMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Verghese, Shalet K.; Manjunatha, A.V.; Poornima, K.N.; … - 2008
Conceptual development in the theory ofexternalities have opened up several policy options for their internalization … including payment towards environmental services. Hence as externalities are socialcosts, accountability is crucial in … a modest attempt has been made to estimate externalities in water, forests and environment with field data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445647
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Adaptation, Internalization and Environmental Damage
Abrego, Lisandro; Whalley, John - 2002
significance of these responses to congestion externalities, and argue that they need to be taken into account in designing … internalization instruments. We consider labor-leisure, regional labor mobility and house price responses to congestion externalities … consequences of internalizing externalities. If adaptation is present, externalities will be partially internalized, the gains from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447218