Mantovani, Andrea ;
Vergari , Cecilia
(2013)
Hedonic vs Environmental Quality: Which Policy Can Help in
Lowering Pollution Emissions?
Bologna:
Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE,
p. 32.
DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsacta/3830.
In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE
(906).
ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract
In this paper we compare two policy instruments that can be adopted to curb carbon emissions. The first is a conventional pollution tax. The second is an environmental campaign aiming to influence consumers to switch to a green good. We consider two different scenarios. When consumers are characterized by hedonic quality preferences, in this case the pollution tax is more efficient than the campaign. On the contrary, when consumers develop environmental quality preferences, there are cases in which the campaign is preferred. To sum up, while both policy instruments are effective in reducing pollution emissions, their efficiency viewed from a welfare perspective crucially depends on consumers' environmental awareness.
Abstract
In this paper we compare two policy instruments that can be adopted to curb carbon emissions. The first is a conventional pollution tax. The second is an environmental campaign aiming to influence consumers to switch to a green good. We consider two different scenarios. When consumers are characterized by hedonic quality preferences, in this case the pollution tax is more efficient than the campaign. On the contrary, when consumers develop environmental quality preferences, there are cases in which the campaign is preferred. To sum up, while both policy instruments are effective in reducing pollution emissions, their efficiency viewed from a welfare perspective crucially depends on consumers' environmental awareness.
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(Working Paper)
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Keywords
Hedonic quality, environmental quality, pollution tax, relative preferences
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ISSN
2282-6483
DOI
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Last modified
10 Feb 2014 10:22
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Document type
Monograph
(Working Paper)
Creators
Keywords
Hedonic quality, environmental quality, pollution tax, relative preferences
Subjects
ISSN
2282-6483
DOI
Deposit date
07 Oct 2013 08:39
Last modified
10 Feb 2014 10:22
URI
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