A simple model is built to shadow-price labor in foreign exchange numeraire and foreign exchange in utility numeraire, first by assuming that ex change-rate or nominal wage adjustment is the mechanism by which fore ign exchange is allocated, then assuming that sector-specific taxes a nd/or...

This paper examines the controversy between the traditional Pigovia n analysis of social cost and the more recent property-rights approach. It is demonstrated that, while the Pigovian approach assigns no a priori rights or liabilities, the imposition of a Pigovian tax results in the assignment...