The merits of non-tradable quotas as a domestic policy instrument to prevent firm closure

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The government has opted to allocate quotas free of charge to emission-intensive industries in order to avoid firm closure. The extent, to which the investment in the abatement technology and firm closure may be affected by making the free quotas tradable or non-tradable, is examined.

Venture Analysis, Influence, Business enterprises, Emissions credit trading, Emissions trading, Environmental law

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Waste, recycling and "design for environment": roles for markets and policy instruments

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A study examining the recycling of solid wastes by considering two recycling options for households, curbside recycling and reverse vending machines or drop-off centers, the costs involved in them, and policies to encourage efficient product design and recycling, is presented.

Pollutants produced & recycled, Economic aspects, Waste management, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Recycling, Solid wastes, Green design

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Determining the cost-effective size of an emission trading region for achieving an ambient standard

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A study to determine the cost-effective trading region for emission permits that can confirm to the set standards, modeled on nitrogen oxide permits subject to nitrogen loading standards for Chesapeake Bay is presented.

International economic relations, Industrial Gas Manufacturing, Industrial gases, Nitrogen Oxide Gases, Chesapeake Bay, Nitrogen oxides, Nitrogen oxide, Emissions (Pollution), Automotive emissions, Trade policy

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