Chapter Thirteen : The Economics of the Environment
Chapter Thirteen:
Jan 01, 2016
Chapter Thirteen:. The Economics of the Environment. The Theory of Externalities. Figure 13.1: The Negative Externalities of T-Shirt Production. Figure 13.2: Internalizing a Negative Externality with a Pigovian Tax. Figure 13.3: Analysis of a Positive Externality. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chapter Thirteen:
The Economics of the Environment
The Theory of Externalities
Figure 13.1: The Negative Externalities of T-Shirt Production
Figure 13.2: Internalizing a Negative Externality with a Pigovian Tax
Figure 13.3: Analysis of a Positive Externality
Figure 13.4: Environmental Taxes in Select Developed Countries, as a Percent of Total Tax
Revenue, 2010
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD/EEA database on instruments used for environmental policy and natural resources management. Updated April 13, 2012.
Environmental Policies in Practice
Figure 13.5: A Firm’s Response to a Pollution Tax
Figure 13.6: Gasoline Prices and Consumption, Select Countries, 2010
Sources: GIZ, International Fuel Prices 2010/2011, 7th ed. Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany), 2011; U.S. Energy Information Administration online database.
Appendix: Formal Analysis of Negative Externalities
Figure 13.7: Welfare Analysis of a Negative Externality, without a Pigovian Tax
Figure 13.8: Welfare Analysis of a Negative Externality, with a Pigovian Tax
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