A Note on the Complementarity of Uniform Emission Standards and Monitoring Strategies

Despite the well-known static cost-inefficiency of uniform emission standards to control pollution, governments continue to use them in a variety of settings. In this paper, we show that inspection agencies can sometimes use their informational advantage to design monitoring strategies that complement uniform emission standards in restoring efficiency.

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Year of publication:	2009-06
Authors:	Arguedas, Carmen ; Rousseau, Sandra
Institutions:	Departamento de Análisis Económico: Teoría Económica e Historia Económica, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
Subject:	pollution standards \| monitoring \| non-compliance

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Series:	Working Papers in Economic Theory. - ISSN 1885-6888.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 2009/06 26 pages
Classification:	K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; L51 - Economics of Regulation ; Q58 - Government Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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