Consistency and optimality in a dynamic game of pollution control II: Monopoly

This paper continues a line of research begun in Batabyal (1995a). I model the interaction between a regulator and a monopolistic, polluting firm as a Stackelberg differential game in which the regulator leads. The firm creates pollution, which results in a stock externality. I analyze the intertemporal effects of alternate pollution control measures. The principal issue here concerns the dynamic inconsistency of the optimal solution. Inter alia, I compare the steady state levels of pollution under optimal and under dynamically consistent policies.     

The Case of the Missing Pollution Haven Hypothesis

One particularly vexing puzzle for economists and policymakers over the past several decades concerns the empirical significance of the theoretically predicted pollution haven hypothesis. While neoclassical theory and conventional wisdom both surmise that local economies will suffer deleterious effects from stricter environmental regulations, empirical studies have largely failed to validate such claims. This study utilizes the method of matching to show that the impact of stricter regulation is heterogeneous spatially, varying systematically based on location-specific attributes. Previous studies that assume a homogenous response may therefore inadvertently mask the overall impact of more stringent regulations by pooling unaffected and affected regions.JEL Classification: Q25, Q28, H00, L51, R1The authors wish to thank to Michael Crew, Anthony Heyes, an anonymous referee, Werner Antweiler, Randy Becker, Wayne Gray, Shelby Gerking, Michael Greenstone, Vern Henderson, and Arik Levinson. Participants at various university seminars and conferences also lent useful insights to this line of research.     

机场环境管制探讨

机场环境管制的重点是噪声和排放物污染。除直接管制外,收费是国外机场环境管制中应用得最多且最有效率的经济管制方式。我国除继续强化已有的直接管制方式外,还可以从收取以保护环境为目的的噪声费和排放物费、限制机场土地的使用、采取国际机场协会提出的短期和长期机场环境保护措施三个方面进一步加强机场环境管制。     

景区环境控制指标体系研究--以三峡库区为例

根据景区环境控制的原则,本文从生态环境、空间环境、设施环境以及社会环境四个方面建立起三峡库区景区环境控制指标体系,并以重庆库区为例对各项指标的控制标准进行了较为详细的论述.     

集群网络组织信用的声誉模型分析

本文利于非完全信息动态博弈方法中的KMPW声誉模型分析信息不对称下产业集群的信用问题,认为有效披露和传递集群内企业的信用信息是发挥网络组织作用的关键,并针对性地提出建立集群内企业信用制度的建议。     

浅析运输方式的绿色化

在中国环境危机和能源危机日益严重的背景下，物流业面临严峻的挑战．因此物流绿色化已成为物流管理系统的发展趋势。本文将从物流过程中的运输环节入手，通过分析传统运输的弊端，探索新型的运输方式，以提高物流绿色化水平。     

企业生态效率指标研究

环境会计管理的目的是使环境成本投入所达到的环保效果与环保经济效益最大化,以实现可持续经营。选择适当的环境业绩指标和财务业绩指标,并把它们很好地结合起来,能够充分反映和恰当评价企业的财务和环境效益,有利于使企业业绩评价更加全面、合理。本文根据国内外生态效率指标的研究状况,结合环境业绩指标和财务指标,探讨生态效率指标的重要作用,并试图构建出更为合理和有效的生态效率指标。     

浅谈如何进行环境管理体系的文件审核

本文主要对环境管理体系审核中的文件审核进行了分析,具体对第二阶段现场审核前的文件评审(文件初审)和现场审核时的文件继续审查进行了阐述,指出了不同时期文件审核的目的和作用、方式方法、内容及重点,为环境管理体系的审核员提供指导和参考。     

绿色物流在化工生产过程中实现途径的探讨

文章从化工生产过程及其物流的特点出发,结合广义绿色物流的观点,提出化工生产物流走绿色物流之路的必要性,并探讨了化工生产实现绿色物流的途径。     

Rules versus discretion - A disinflation case

This paper compares a strict inflation target regime to a conservative central bank regime to determine the monetary regime appropriate for a disinflation process. The analysis shows that in a two-period model, in which policymakers face given first-period inflationary expectations, a strict inflation target could be preferred to the appointment of a conservative central banker who has discretion. The result differs from that of Rogoff (1985), who assumed rational expectations and concluded that a conservative central banker is always preferable. The disadvantage of the conservative central banker derives from his tendency to accelerate disinflation relative to rate that maximizes social welfare.JEL Classification: E52, E58The authors are grateful to Alex Cukierman, Nissan Liviatan, Allan Drazen, Amit Friedman and Yoav Friedmann for their useful suggestions. We also thank the anonymous referees for helpful comments. Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the Tel Aviv University macroeconomic workshop, at the Research Department seminar, Bank of Israel, and at the Bank of Israels conference on Macroeconomic Policy, October 2002.