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Monitoring and enforcement of environmental regulations. Lessons from a natural field experiment in Norway

Telle, Kjetil - 2012

elements of most monitoring and enforcement practices: self-reporting, audit frequency and specific deterrence. I find evidence …

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The Effect of Inspector Group Size and Familiarity on Enforcement and Deterrence

Muehlenbachs, Lucija; Staubli, Stefan; Cohen, Mark A. - 2013

supposed to monitor. Using these shifts in sanction severity we also estimate the effectiveness of increasing enforcement on …

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Taxes, Permits, and the Adoptation of Abatement Technology under Imperfect Compliance

Villegas, Clara; Coria, Jessica - 2009

compliance incentives and social welfare in the presence of incomplete enforcement and technology adoption. We show that if the … TEPs induce lower abatement, investment, and expected enforcement costs. Therefore, the overall ranking depends on the …

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Cap-and-Trade or Carbon Taxes? The Feasibility of Enforcement and the Effects of Non-Compliance

Hovi, Jon; Holtsmark, Bjart - 2005

carbon tax. In this paper, we consider and compare the enforcement problems associated with a tax regime and a cap …-and-trade regime, respectively. The paper tries to convey two main points. First, both types of regime require an effective enforcement … political process leading up to its adoption tends to water down the enforcement mechanism to a point where it no longer has …

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Emissions Trading with Telecommuting Credits: Regulatory Background and Institutional Barriers

Nelson, Per-Kristian - 2004

The 1999 National Telecommuting and Air Quality Act created pilot programs in five metropolitan areas in the United States to examine whether a particular type of economic incentive, tradable emissions credits created from telecommuting, represents a viable strategy for reducing vehicle miles...

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A Reconsideration of Environmental Federalism

Oates, Wallace - 2001

This paper provides a review and assessment of the debate over environmental federalism-the issue of the roles of different levels of government in environmental management. The paper begins with the presentation of three benchmark cases that provide a framework for thinking about the issue. It...

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Environmental Law and Public Policy

Stavins, Robert; Revesz, Richard - 2004

This chapter provides an economic perspective of environmental law and policy with regard to both normative and positive dimensions. It begins with an examination of the central problem in environmental regulation: the tendency of pollution generators in an unconstrained market economy to...

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The Institutional Blind Spot in Environmental Economics

Burtraw, Dallas - 2012

Economic approaches are expected to achieve environmental goals at less cost than traditional regulations, but they have yet to find widespread application. One reason is the way these tools interact with existing institutions. The federalist nature of governmental authority assigns to...

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EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism CBAM: Industrial effects

Bye, Brita; Kaushal, Kevin R.; Storrøsten, Halvor Briseid - 2024

We examine the industrial effects of two measures aimed at mitigating carbon leakage: the EU's scheduled Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the allocation of free emission allowances. Currently, the EU allocates free emission allowances based on output (known as outputbased...

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Emission pricing and CO₂ compensation in the EU: The optimal compensation to the power-intensive and trade-exposed industries for increased electricity prices

Kaushal, Kevin R.; Lindholt, Lars; Yonezawa, Hidemichi - 2023

Unilateral CO2 emission reduction can lead to carbon leakage, such as relocation of power-intensive and trade-exposed industries. In the EU emission trading system, these industries are also subjected to higher cost of electricity due to emission pricing in this sector. As a result, the...

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