It is demonstrated that the effectiveness of the pricing and standards approach (PSA) to emission control is seriously impaired by imperfect tax compliance of regulated firms, contrary to literature reports. If there exists a firm that attempts to commit 100% tax evasion, PSA fails to minimize...

Using a fixed effects panel regression model for count data on illegal dumping incidents in 16 provinces in Korea from 2001 to 2003 as reported by civilians to local government, we analyzed the effect of the unit pricing system on the propensity for illegal dumping. We found that a 1% increase...

A computable general equilibrium analysis of emissions trading between Russia and the European Union (EU) is presented using a complete and consistent input-output database for the Russian Federation and several baseline scenarios for Russia’s future economic development. We find that...

This study assesses the impacts of introducing an oil products tax on the general economy, economic structure, energy consumption, and air pollutant emissions (CO<Subscript>2</Subscript>, SO<Subscript>2</Subscript>, and NO<Subscript>x</Subscript>) in China using a static computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. The conclusion is that taxation on oil products...</subscript></subscript></subscript>

This study examines the level of public investment in environmental quality when there are private alternatives. Public investment is chosen by majority voting. When consumption and environmental quality are complementary, one may observe a solution of the type “ends against the middle.” The...