Controlling urban air pollution caused by households: uncertainty, prices, and income.
J Environ Manage
; 92(10): 2746-53, 2011 Oct.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21726932
We examine the control of air pollution caused by households burning wood for heating and cooking in the developing world. Since the problem is one of controlling emissions from nonpoint sources, regulations are likely to be directed at household choices of wood consumption and combustion technologies. Moreover, these choices are subtractions from, or contributions to, the pure public good of air quality. Consequently, the efficient policy design is not independent of the distribution of household income. Since it is unrealistic to assume that environmental authorities can make lump sum income transfers part of control policies, efficient control of air pollution caused by wood consumption entails a higher tax on wood consumption and a higher subsidy for more efficient combustion technologies for higher income households. Among other difficulties, implementing a policy to promote the adoption of cleaner combustion technologies must overcome the seemingly paradoxical result that efficient control calls for higher technology subsidies for higher income households.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Conservação dos Recursos Naturais
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Culinária
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Poluição do Ar
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Financiamento Governamental
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Incêndios
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Calefação
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Renda
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Environ Manage
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Chile
País de publicação:
Reino Unido