Optimal abatement in dynamic multi-pollutant problems when pollutants can be complements or substitutes

被引:43
作者
Moslener, Ulf
Requate, Till
机构
[1] Univ Kiel, Dept Econ, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
[2] Ctr European Econ Res ZEW, D-68161 Mannheim, Germany
关键词
multiple-pollutants; abatement technology; accumulating pollutants;
D O I
10.1016/j.jedc.2006.03.009
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We analyze a dynamic multi-pollutant problem where abatement costs of several pollutants are not separable. The pollutants can be either technological substitutes or complements. Environmental damage is induced by the stock of accumulated pollution. Optimal emission paths are found to be qualitatively different for substitutes and complements. We derive general properties governing optimal emission paths and present numerical examples to illustrate our main results. In particular we find that optimal emission paths need not be monotonic, even for highly symmetric pollutants. Finally, we describe a comparatively simple method to implement the optimal path without explicitly knowing its shape. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:2293 / 2316
页数:24
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