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pollution accumulation. In this case, there is a nonconvexity in the problem that gives rise to multiple potential optima …
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We describe the theoretical and empirical contributions that rigorous economic analysis can make in improving our understanding of the salient issues relating to environmental protection in the presence of international trade. We do this by analyzing and summarizing the intellectual...
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monitoring ambient pollution is low enough, the optimal inspection policy consists in imposing the maximal possible fine, and … mixing between observing ambient pollution and not conducting any inspection at all. However, with stringent upper limits on … the fine, the agency mixes between observing ambient pollution and inspecting all firms. The observation of ambient …
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South-East Asia encompasses a number of countries that have experienced rapid economic growth in the last twenty years. The region as a whole is wealthy in fossil energy sources. Energy demand in South-East Asia is expected to increase dramatically in the coming years, creating problems in terms...
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We describe the theoretical and empirical contributions that rigorous economic analysis can make in improving our comprehension of the important issues pertaining to environmental protection in the presence of international trade. We do this by studying and summarizing the scholarly...
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pollution abatement and then the SNGA offers an incentive compatible and collusion-proof IEA to the two DC parties. In the … principal conclusions are as follows: First, the contractually specified levels of pollution abatement and the pattern of the … contracting with monitoring device manipulation, the SNGA will prefer contracting with a ceiling constraint. Fourth, the pollution …
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quality improving, under the condition of exogenous pollution taxes. Indeed, we demonstrate that in cases where the marginal … disutility of pollution emissions is strictly positive, the income pollution elasticity is negative, such that preferences are … in a dynamic framework, assuming that North and South have different marginal disutility of pollution emissions, and …
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This paper constructs a two-sector environmental growth model with explicit mathematical derivation and economic intuition in a social planning economy. Through the optimal allocation of man-made capital between the production sector and the environmental sector, this paper shows that the...
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We study the effect of environmental risk on the extraction of a common resource. Using a dynamic and non-cooperative game in which an environmental event impacts the renewability and the quality of the resource, we show that the anticipation of such an event has an ambiguous effect on...
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This paper is an effort to fill the gap in the energy literature with an in-depth country study for Nigeria. In order to find the main driving forces affecting short and long run CO2 emission patterns and the relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions in Nigerian economy over the...
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