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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Voting for environmental policy under income and preference heterogeneity
Autores: | Huhtala,   Anni; Eerola,   Essi.
Data: | 2005-09-20
Ano: | 2005
Palavras-chave: | Environmental Economics and Policy.
Resumo: | We examine the design of policies for promoting the consumption of green products under preference and income heterogeneity using organic food products as an example. Two instruments are considered: a price subsidy for the organic food products and a tax on the conventional products. Under income disparity, consumers with high income always prefer a socially optimal subsidy to a socially optimal tax, while low-income consumers prefer a tax on conventional products. When environmental policy is determined by the median voter, the policies implemented tend to be stricter than socially optimal policies if income differences are large.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

17593

http://purl.umn.edu/11863

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

MTT Agrifood Research Finland&gt;Discussion Papers

MTT Discussion Papers 5

Formato:

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