In this document a cost efficient incentive is proposed to allow for theadoption of a Sylvopastoral system by the cattle raisers from La Miel basins(Caldas); a linear programming optimization model is solved to understandthe relationship between the traditional cattle rising and the...

Resumen: En este borrador se discuten los principales instrumentos de mitigación de externalidades ambientales teniendo en cuenta tanto los objetivos tradicionales de eficiencia y equidad como las restricciones de información y la viabilidad técnica y política. Se toma como referencia el...

En los últimos años, en Colombia se han dado cambios importantes en materia de regulación de la calidad de los cuerpos de agua receptores de efluentes contaminantes. Es así como se ha pasado del control directo a la utilización de impuestos a la contaminación a través de las tasas...

This article presents an analysis on the effects of applying a multiuser waste fee in residential buildings of higher socioeconomic levels in the city of Medellin. The methodology used combines qualitative and quantitative tools. In the quantitative section, there is a detailed result...

In this paper, we consider households' decision of whether to recycle within a theoretical framework that allows for the inclusion of social and moral motivations. The former comes from valuing social approval while the latter comes from valuing self-image. In the context of our theoretical...

This thesis consists of four papers: two of them deal with the relationship between consumption, energy taxation, and emissions on macro level, and two of them focus on the effects of changes in consumption and income on the environmental quality on a micro level. <p> The main objective of paper...</p>

Growing vehicle use and congestion externalities have led many to consider alternative congestion pricing mechanisms, as road pricing often has high infrastructural costs and faces public opposition. This paper explores the role of parking taxation in reducing congestion by considering a natural...

Growing vehicle use and congestion externalities have led many to consider alternative congestion pricing mechanisms, as road pricing often has high infrastructural costs and faces public opposition. This paper explores the role of parking taxation in reducing congestion by considering a natural...

The paper examines the exposure of mountain creeks towards illegal waste disposal practices related to the lack of waste collection services in rural areas of Romania prior to EU accession and the low waste collection efficiency following the closure of rural wild dumps in 2009-2010. The paper...