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ECO 3620. Environmental Economics

Environmental Regulation

Types of Environmental Standards

  1. Free market environmentalism
  2. Moral suasion
  3. Command and control (standards)
  4. Economic incentives

Problems with Standards

  1. Technological standards
  2. Uniform standards
  3. New source performance standards
  4. Dynamic efficiency

Cost Effectiveness

  1. Equimarginal principle
  2. Two-polluter model