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Linear Pigovian taxes and the optimal size of a polluting industry

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  • Ross McKitrick
  • Robert A. Collinge

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Confusion surrounding the appropriateness of long‐run considerations in effluent regulation has arisen in the literature and recently carried over into textbooks. We use a factor input model under oligopsony to show that, when firms can influence the level of marginal damages, a linear pollution tax does not satisfy the long‐run entry‐exit condition. Previous results to the contrary are shown to depend on restrictive assumptions. Efficient policy design requires a lump‐sum refund or any one of various non‐linear pricing schemes. JEL Classification: Q2, L1 Il y a beaucoup de confusion dans les débats qui entourent la réglementation des effluents, et son caractère plus ou moins appropriéà long terme, tant dans la littérature spécialisée que dans les manuels. Les auteurs tentent d'éliminer cette confusion en analysant les émissions à l'aide d'un modèle standard de demande d'intrant. Quand les entreprises peuvent influencer la valeur présente des dommages marginaux, un impôt linéaire sur la pollution n'entraîne pas nécessairement les décisions appropriées d'entrée et de sortie. On peut corriger le problème à l'aide d'un remboursement forfaitaire ou de l'une ou l'autre des formes de tarification non‐linéaire.

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  • Ross McKitrick & Robert A. Collinge, 2000. "Linear Pigovian taxes and the optimal size of a polluting industry," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 33(4), pages 1106-1119, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:canjec:v:33:y:2000:i:4:p:1106-1119
    DOI: 10.1111/0008-4085.00056
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    1. Yoshifumi Konishi & Nori Tarui, 2015. "Emissions Trading, Firm Heterogeneity, and Intra-industry Reallocations in the Long Run," Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, University of Chicago Press, vol. 2(1), pages 1-42.
    2. Nikula Harri, 2020. "Entry, exit, and instrument choice in environmental regulation," Working Papers 2026, Tampere University, Faculty of Management and Business, Economics.

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    • Q2 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation
    • L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance

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