The choice of pollution control policy instruments in developing countries: arguments, evidence and suggestions

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford S. Russell ◽  
William J. Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Pollution Control Policy

scholarly journals The Use of Estimated Pollution Flows in Agricultural Pollution Control Policy: Implications for Abatement and Policy Instruments

1984 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Shortle
Keyword(s):  
Pollution Control ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Agricultural Pollution ◽  
Hydrological Models ◽  
Water Pollutants ◽  
Net Benefits ◽  
Pollution Control Policy

Flows of water pollutants from agricultural sources are, for all practical purposes, unobservable by direct monitoring. These flows can, however, be estimated using hydrological models. The analysis presented in this paper demonstrates that uncertainty on estimated flows is not neutral with respect to the optimal level and allocation of estimated abatement or with respect to the expected net benefits of alternative pollution control policy instruments. Policy implications are noted.

scholarly journals The Origins and Practice of Emissions Trading

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh S. Gorman ◽  
Barry D. Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Pollution Control ◽  
Emissions Trading ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Shared Environment ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
Pollution Control Policy

An important development in the field of environmental policy has been the growing acceptance and use of emissions trading as a cost-effective means to meet and maintain environmental quality standards. In the first half of the twentieth century, emissions trading programs not only would have been seen as unnecessary; they would have been inconceivable. The legal, bureaucratic, and technological infrastructure necessary to support such systems simply did not exist. Furthermore, most people did not see the release of pollutioncausing contaminants into the shared environment as transactions to be measured and monitored. Today, the use of emissions trading programs as a policy tool both reflects and represents the dramatic changes in pollution control policy that have since occurred.

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