Macro & Micro economics
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1)Using economic analysis, contrast the relative merits of the following measures that may be employed to control pollution: taxes, legal regulatory limits and tradable emissions permits.
GLS, Ch. 16; P, Ch. 18; Ch. 18; Ch. 34.
Hoel, Michael (1998) “Emission Taxes Versus Other Environmental Policies.” Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 100, 1, 79 – 104