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Cap and trade policies in the presence of monopoly and distortionary taxation

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dc.contributor Fullerton, Don.
dc.contributor Metcalf, Gilbert E.
dc.date 2003-10-24T14:56:05Z
dc.date 2003-10-24T14:56:05Z
dc.date 2001-03
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-09T02:31:12Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-09T02:31:12Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-09
dc.identifier no. 72
dc.identifier http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/abstracts.html#a72
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3572
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1721
dc.description We extend an analytical general equilibrium model of environmental policy with pre-existing labor tax distortions to include pre-existing monopoly power as well. We show that the existence of monopoly power has two offsetting effects on welfare. First, the environmental policy reduces monopoly profits, and the negative effect on income increases labor supply in a way that partially offsets the pre-existing labor supply distortion. Second, environmental policy raises prices, so interaction with the pre-existing monopoly distortion further exacerbates the labor supply distortion. This second effect is larger, for reasonable parameter values, so the existence of monopoly reduces the welfare gain (or increases the loss) from environmental restrictions.
dc.description Abstract in HTML and technical report in PDF available on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Website. (http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/)
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-19).
dc.description Supported in part by the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change at MIT and the National Science Foundation (NFS SBR-9811324).
dc.format 19 p.
dc.format 275953 bytes
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
dc.relation Report no. 72
dc.rights http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/abstracts.html#a72
dc.subject QC981.8.C5.M58 no.72
dc.title Cap and trade policies in the presence of monopoly and distortionary taxation


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