Efficient Pollution Regulation: Getting the Prices Right

被引：257

作者：

Muller, Nicholas Z. ^{[1
,2
]}

Mendelsohn, Robert ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Middlebury Coll, Dept Econ, Middlebury, VT 05753 USA

[2] Middlebury Coll, Environm Studies Program, Middlebury, VT 05753 USA

[3] Yale Univ, Sch Forestry & Environm Studies, New Haven, CT 06511 USA

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2009年 / 99卷 / 05期

关键词：

AIR-POLLUTION; EMISSIONS; MORTALITY; OZONE; VARIABILITY; DAMAGES; PERMITS; LIFE;

D O I：

10.1257/aer.99.5.1714

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper argues for efficient environmental regulations that equate the marginal damage of pollution to marginal abatement costs across space. The paper estimates the source-specific marginal damages of air pollution and calculates the welfare gain from making the current sulfur dioxide allowance trading program for power plants more efficient. The savings from using trading ratios based on marginal damages are between $310 and $940 million per year. The potential savings from setting aggregate emissions efficiently and from including more sources of air pollution are many times higher. (JEL H23, Q53, Q58)

引用

页码：1714 / 1739

页数：26

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