Pollution, Prices, and Public Policy: a study sponsored jointly by Resources for the Future, Inc. and the Brookings Institution

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dc.acquisition-srcTexas Coastal and Marine Councilen_US
dc.call-noHC 110 .E5 K57 1975 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorKneese, Allen V. and Charles L. Schultzeen_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:16:39Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:16:39Z
dc.date.issued1975en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description125 pgs.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractOver the past fifteen years, the federal government has developed policies to reduce air and water pollution that rely heavily on very detailed regulation of polluters and on generous subsidies for the construction of waste treatment plants. In this study, Allen V. Kneese and Charles L. Schultze argue that the combination of regulations and subsidies is an expensive and ineffective way to deal with air and water pollution. After summarizing the economic and technical background necessary to understand the pollution control problem, the authors review the legislative history of federal pollution control efforts and discuss the high costs and enforcement difficulties that plague those efforts. They propose alternative policies designed to change economic incentives and institutions so that individuals, business firms, and municipalities would find it in their own interest to reduce pollution. The proposed incentives take the form of effluent and emission charges - stiff taxes levied on each unit of pollutant discharged into the air or water. The authors also propose the establishment of federally sponsored regional authorities charged with developing overall plans for air and water pollution control. Finally, viewing air and water pollution as examples of much broader class of complex social problems, they examine why Congress has trouble designing legislative solutions and suggest some means of improving congressional performance.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeUnited Statesen_US
dc.history8/25/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23381
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dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collectionen_US
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dc.notesen_US
dc.placeWashington, D.C.en_US
dc.publisherThe Brookings Institutionen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries5099.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental policyen_US
dc.subjectfinanceen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental lawen_US
dc.subjectregulationen_US
dc.subjectpollutionen_US
dc.subjectairen_US
dc.subjectwateren_US
dc.subjectpolicyen_US
dc.subjectpoliticsen_US
dc.subjectemmissionsen_US
dc.subjecteffluenten_US
dc.subjectsocialen_US
dc.subjectcongressen_US
dc.subjectlegislativeen_US
dc.subjectenforcementen_US
dc.subjecttaxesen_US
dc.titlePollution, Prices, and Public Policy: a study sponsored jointly by Resources for the Future, Inc. and the Brookings Institutionen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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