Economic Incentives for Pollution Control: by Tell Me About

Choosing the right instrument for the problem
	3.1. BACKGROUND
	3.7. FINDING THE RIGHT INSTRUMENT FOR THE PROBLEM
	FIGURE 3-1: INCREMENTAL DAMAGES AND COSTS OF CONTROLLING POLLUTION
	TABLE 3-5: USES OF ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS
Cost savings from incentive mechanisms
	3.4. RELATIVE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
	5.1. INTRODUCTION
	6.1.1.5. Evaluation of Emissions Trading Program
	6.1.7. Acid Rain Allowance Trading
	CONCLUSIONS
	TABLE 3-1: QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF POTENTIAL SAVINGS FROM USING ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO CONTROL AIR POLLUTION
	TABLE 3-2: QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF POTENTIAL SAVINGS FROM USING ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO CONTROL WATER POLLUTION
	TABLE 3-3: QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF POTENTIAL SAVINGS FROM USING ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO REDUCE SOLID WASTE
	TABLE 3-4: QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF POTENTIAL SAVINGS FROM USING ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FROM OTHER POLLUTION-RELATED ACTIONS
	TABLE 6-3: ESTIMATED AND AVERAGE REALIZED ALLOWANCE PRICES
Impacts on environmental quality
	3.6. IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
	9.2.1. Trends in Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Data
	9.2.2. Incentive Effect of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
	11.1.2.2. Charges in Less Industrialized Countries
	11.1.3.3. Effluent Charges in Germany
	11.1.3.4. Effluent Charges in the Netherlands
	11.1.5.1. Charges on Agricultural Inputs
	11.10. CONCLUSIONS
	TABLE 9-1: TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI) RELEASES BY INDUSTRY
	TABLE 9-2: TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI) WASTE TRANSFERS
Noteworthy incentive mechanisms used in foreign countries
	FOREIGN EXPERIENCES WITH INCENTIVE SYSTEMS
	11.1.2.1. Sweden's Nitrogen Oxide Charge
	11.1.3.3. Effluent Charges in Germany
	11.1.3.4. Effluent Charges in the Netherlands
	11.1.5.1. Charges on Agricultural Inputs
	11.1.5.2. Energy/carbon Taxes
	11.1.5.5. Singapore Road and Vehicle Taxation
	11.2. DEPOSIT-REFUND MECHANISMS
	11.3.2. Water Pollution
	FIGURE 11-7: SINGAPORE ANNUAL ROAD TAX
	FIGURE 11-8: PRIVATE CARS ENTERING SINGAPORE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
	FIGURE 11-9: MODES OF TRANSPORTATION IN SINGAPORE
	TABLE 11-1: NOTEWORTHY INCENTIVE MECHANISMS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
State effluent fees that vary with toxicity and volume
	4.2.3. Examples of State Effluent Fees: Louisiana, California, and Wisconsin
The merits of pollution taxes versus tradable permits
	3.3.3. Trading Systems
Trends in the use of economic incentives
	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
	11.9. TREND OF INCREASING USE OF ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
	11.10. CONCLUSIONS
	TABLE 11-22: SHARE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES IN TOTAL TAX REVENUES IN OECD COUNTRIES
What are economic incentives?
	1.2. DEFINITIONS
	3.1. BACKGROUND
	3.3. INCENTIVE-BASED MECHANISMS

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