RT Book, Section
T1 Horizontal product differentiation, pollution abatement and emission taxes under Cournot oligopoly.
A1 Gautier, Luis
K1 Contaminación - Reducción
K1 Impuestos ambientales
K1 Política ambiental
AB There is an increasing number of firms across a variety of industries, which are takingsteps to differentiate themselves as environmentally conscious firms, both to achievegains from product differentiation and to reduce production and pollution abatement costs.In light of this trend in many industries, this chapter considers a horizontally differentiatedCournot model to examine (i) the role of pollution abatement efforts by firms on the characterizationof the optimal emission tax and (ii) the adjustment of optimal policy as productsbecome differentiated. The analysis indicates that in the presence of abatement efforts byfirms the government may afford a tax reduction to address the output distortion as productsbecome more differentiated. Additionally, the analysis suggests that policies which may encouragefirms to differentiate themselves as environmentally conscious firms may aid in thereduction of industry emissions, and at the same time allow a reduction in the emission taxto address the output distortion present in imperfectly competitive markets.
PB Nova Science Publishers
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31843
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31843
LA eng
NO (2014)“Horizontal product differentiation, pollution abatement and emission taxes under Cournot oligopoly” in Fikru and Insall (eds.) Economics of Environmental Policy in Oligopolistic Markets. Nova Science Publishers.
NO Política de acceso abierto tomada de: https://novapublishers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/FAQ-Authors-Rights-Copy-2.pdf y https://novapublishers.com/open-access/
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026