Emission Permits and Public Pollution Abatement

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We build a two regions general equilibrium model with cross-border pollution and either international or only inter-regional capital mobility. To control pollution each region uses public pollution abatement and issues either intra-regionally or inter-regionally tradable emission permits. We analyze the non-cooperative (decentralized) and cooperative (centralized) equilibrium level of emission permits and we examine when and how cross-border pollution and the type of capital mobility affect these equilibrium policies. We provide the welfare ranking of the policies in the various cases and we investigate under what conditions the decentralized and centralized equilibrium policies are equally efficient.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 5278

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade and Environment ; International Investment; Long-term Capital Movements ; Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
• Subject: cross-border pollution ; tradable emission permits ; international capital mobility ; public pollution abatement

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Tsakiris, Nikos ; Hatzipanayotou, Panos ; Michael, Michael S.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/110778
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET