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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Voting for environmental policy under income and preference heterogeneity
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| Autores: |
Huhtala, Anni
Eerola, Essi
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| Data: |
2005-09-20
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| Ano: |
2005
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| Palavras-chave: |
Environmental Economics and Policy
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| 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.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
17593
http://purl.umn.edu/11863
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
MTT Agrifood Research Finland>Discussion Papers
MTT Discussion Papers 5
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| Formato: |
21
application/pdf
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