The Economics of Environmental QualityAmerican Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1972 - 113 pages |
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... standard would be increased by the necessity of using the next best alternative . Where firms are required to achieve standards of purity by adding pollution control equipment , costs tend to rise , sometimes quite dramatically . It is ...
... standard would be increased by the necessity of using the next best alternative . Where firms are required to achieve standards of purity by adding pollution control equipment , costs tend to rise , sometimes quite dramatically . It is ...
Page 47
... standards . In all four cases air pollution was measured in terms of a concentration continuum of sulfides or partic- ulates , with the implicit assumption that the willingness to pay for residential property would be systematically and ...
... standards . In all four cases air pollution was measured in terms of a concentration continuum of sulfides or partic- ulates , with the implicit assumption that the willingness to pay for residential property would be systematically and ...
Page 95
... standards for all . Requiring every mill to meet the same effluent standard is deemed to be fair not only between individual firms but also between communities . Proponents of uni- form standards argue that unless the same standards ...
... standards for all . Requiring every mill to meet the same effluent standard is deemed to be fair not only between individual firms but also between communities . Proponents of uni- form standards argue that unless the same standards ...
Contents
NATURAL AND MANMADE ASPECTS | 1 |
ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES AND ENVIRONMENTAL | 13 |
MEASURING THE DEMAND | 39 |
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additional air and water air pollution air quality allocation amount analysis asset automobiles Beaufort County Charleston citizen suits clean air Clemson University considered decibels demand curve demand for environmental discussion downstream economic development effect effluent charge emissions environmental amenities environmental pollution environmental quality environmental resources example facilities federal figure 11 given highway income increased individual industry land level of environmental man's marginal benefit marginal cost measures ment Metropolitania municipalities natural environment natural resources navigation nomic odor-free air opportunity cost OQ₁ party pay for environmental person plants political pollution abatement produce purchase quantity region regulations residential property values residents result Ronald Coase Ruritania scarce scarcity Senate society solution South Carolina standards stream studies subsidies tion U.S. Senate units of air units of waste users vacation waste discharged waste treatment Water Pollution water quality willingness to pay