THE EFFECTS OF CUTTING ENERGY CONSUMPTION SUBSIDIES ON INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION IN IRAN

رضا ابراهیمی

دوره 6، شماره 21 ، بهمن 1383، ، صفحه 9-36

چکیده
  Air pollution is an example of a negative externality; it imposes harmful effects and costs on people other than polluterS. In controlling air pollution, efficiency argument implies that, there is a rolefor the government to play. Studies show that taxation of fuels can be a powerful indirect instrumentfor controlling air polluticn because of the association between fuels use and emissions. In Iran, fuels consumption is highly subsidized and energy prices have for several yean been below opportunity costs as measured by border prices. The present study examined the impact of fuel price increases-removing ...  بیشتر