The main goal of this study is to assess public opinion views on environmental problems and how these attitudes are based on individual characteristics in the case of Latin America. The contribution of this work is to show that attitudes towards environment are not only determined by personal...

We study the cost-effectiveness of a transferable emissions permit system (TEPS) vis a vis a system of emissions standards. Our analysis includes along with abatement costs, the costs of enforcing the system to induce compliance. Further, the analysis considers complete and incomplete...

Estudiamos la propiedad de costo-efectividad de un sistema de permisos de emisión transferibles (SPET) frente un sistema de estándares de emisión. Nuestro análisis agrega a los costos de abatimiento, los costos de fiscalización para inducir cumplimiento. Consideramos, además, escenarios de...

The general labor protection norms,ed.2002 – oblige the employers to “let the employees know the personal policy of preventing the labor accidents and professional illness which will be oriented exclusively towards the implementation of a management system of security and labor health”....

Este artículo analiza el problema al que puede enfrentarse la zoocría en la producción y comercialización de fauna bajo ciertas condiciones relacionadas con los costos. Considerando el proceso actual de trámites legales y de regulación, es posible que los zoocriaderistas consideren actuar...

In recent years, we have observed how some companies have firmly stood by their commitment to sustainable development values. In this respect, there is an increasing interest in bringing about a change in the traditional method of company growth which has been favoured by those who, like Milton...

Este trabajo describe y analiza el problema de riesgo moral causado por la asimetría de información que existe entre la autoridad ambiental y los productores de fauna (zoocriaderos) que posiblemente incurren en explotación y comercialización ilícita. Usando un modelo principal-agente, se...

Nowadays the reduction or elimination of waste has become a major environmental concern among industrialized countries and a priority for companies. In this work it is carried out a review of the postulates of the classical economic model, existing until a few dates, in connection with the...

We study the cost-effectiveness of a transferable emissions permit system (TEPS) vis a vis a system of emissions standards. Our analysis includes along with abatement costs, the costs of enforcing the system to induce compliance. Further, the analysis considers complete and incomplete...

Nowadays the reduction or elimination of waste has become a major environmental concern among industrialized countries and a priority for companies. In this work it is carried out a review of the postulates of the classical economic model, existing until a few dates, in connection with the...