Delegating pollution permits
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چکیده
We discuss the decision to delegate regulation of pollution through sales permits a biased expert in situation where polluting firm has private information about its technology. consider, particular, constrained delegation government puts restrictions on amount that can sell for. find that, general, is more likely if low-cost. This not line with so-called uncertainty principle, which states there faces. article protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Scandinavian Journal of Economics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1467-9442', '0347-0520']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12468