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1037388
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b791758
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Behavioral and distributional effects of environmental policy /\ edited by Carlo Carraro and Gilbert E. Metcalf.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2001.
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A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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1 online resource (ix, 360 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0226094804
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: 1282004794
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: 6612004797
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: 9780226094809
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: 9781282004795
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: 9786612004797
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0226094812
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9780226094816
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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A tax on output of the polluting industry is not a tax on pollution: the importance of hitting the target / Don Fullerton, Inkee Hong, and Gilbert E. Metcalf; Comment / Gilbert H.A. van Hagen -- Neutralizing the adverse industry impacts of carbon dioxide abatement policies: what does it cost? / A. Lans Bovenberg and Lawrence H. Goulder; Comment / Ruud A. de Mooij -- Green taxes and administrative costs: the case of carbon taxation / Sjak Smulders and Herman R.J. Vollebergh; Comment / Dallas Burtraw -- An industry-adjusted index of state environmental compliance costs / Arik Levinson; Comment / Domenico Siniscalco -- Costs of air quality regulation / Randy A. Becker and J. Vernon Henderson; Comment / Aart de Zeeuw -- International factor movements, environmental policy, and double dividends / Michael Rauscher; Comment / David F. Bradford -- The environmental regime in developing countries / Raghbendra Jha and John Whalley; Comment / Edward B. Barbier -- Environmental information and company behavior / Domenico Siniscalco [and others]; Comment / Keven Hassett -- Environmental policy and firm behavior: abatement investment and location decisions under uncertainty and irreversibility / Anastasios Xepapadeas; Comment / Charles D. Kolstad -- The effects of environmental policy on the performance of environmental research joint ventures / Yannis Katsoulacos, Alistair Ulph, and David Ulph; Comment / Jerome Rothenberg.
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| Abstract
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Most people would agree that it makes sense to tax a company that pollutes in a way that directly reflects the amount of environmental and social damage it has done. Yet in practice, such taxes are fraught with difficulty and have far-reaching implications. A company facing a new tax may lay off workers, for example, exacerbating an unemployment problem. This volume focuses on such external issues and examines in detail the trade-offs involved in designing policies to deal with environmental problems. Reflecting the broad nature of the subject, the contributors include leading economists in th.
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Environmental policy-- Economic aspects, Congresses.
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Environmental protection.
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Environnement-- Politique gouvernementale-- Aspect économique-- Congrès.
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Environmental policy-- Economic aspects.
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Environmental protection.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Environmental Policy.
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SCIENCE-- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry-- Environmental)
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| Dewey Classification
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363.7
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GE170.B44 2001eb
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| Added Entry
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Carraro, Carlo.
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Metcalf, Gilbert E.
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