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Can Water Pollution Policy Be Efficient?
Milliman, Jerome W. - In: Cato Journal 2 (1982) 1, pp. 165-204
In 1972 Congress established the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in which the Environmental Protection Agency was given responsibility to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation’s waters.’’ Two national goals of...
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Competing for the Rental Value of Federal Land: The Assignment of Use Rights and Their Regulation
Libecap, Gary D. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 391-404
Growth of the governmental regulation of economic activities since the depression is normally associated with …
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Toward a Free Market in Forest Resources
Batten, Charles R. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 501-517
establishment and expansion of certain national parks acquired from private landowners, and the regulation of forest practices on …
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Pollution as Moral Coercion: Culture, Risk Perception, and Libertarian Values
Wildavsky, Aaron - In: Cato Journal 2 (1982) 1, pp. 305-333
What is pollution? According to Peter H. Aranson, “Public policy regards as pollution any man-made or naturally occurring substance (for example, smoke or sewage) or condition (for exam- ple, noise, heat, or radiation) that is believed to threaten human health or economic welfare...
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Bureaucratic Incentives, Social Efficiency, and the Conflict in Federal Land Policy
Ott, Mack - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 585-607
extra cost may be due to either technological or allocational ineuficiency.2 Conversely, the standard theory of regulation …
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The Myth of Neutral Taxation
Rothbard, Murray N. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 519-564
Economists have long believed that government’s tax and expendi- ture policy either is, or can readily be made to be, neutral to the market. Free-market economists have advocated such neutrality of government, and even economists favoring redistributive actions by government have believed...
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Resolving the Tragedy of the Commons by Creating Private Property Rights in Wildlife
Smith, Robert J. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 439-468
During man’s relatively brief existence on this planet,he has relied on the bounty of its flora and fauna for his existence. He has harvested wildlife for food, clothing, shelter, medicines, beasts of burden, pets, and companionship. Over most of this period, this harvesting and...
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Increasing the Efficiency of Spectrum Allocation
Rosston, Gregory - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research … - 2014
Over the past 80 years, the Federal Communications Commission has been responsible for the allocation of non-governmental use of the radio frequency spectrum. Over that time, here have been significant changes in spectrum use that have been driven by changes in demand and technology. The...
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Sécurité sanitaire des aliments, commerce et développement : approche par l'économie Industrielle
Hamza, Oualid - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2012
La thèse s’inscrit dans le contexte actuel de régulation internationale de la sécurité sanitaire des aliments. Elle se …. Il s’agit d’évaluer les conditions favorables à une co-régulation multilatérale efficace et équitable de la sécurité des … aliments. Une telle co-régulation doit assurer à la fois la santé des consommateurs des pays développés par rapport aux …
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Efficiency of nonpoint source pollution instruments: an experimental study
Cochard, François; Willinger, Marc; Xepapadeas, Anastasios - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2005
. A control session without any regulation is also carried out in order to study the “status quo†situation. Our …
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