Economic Incentives for Pollution Control: by Table Of Contents

	DISCLAIMER
	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
	FOREWORD
	1. INTRODUCTION
	1.1. PURPOSE OF REPORT
	1.2. DEFINITIONS
	1.3. ORGANIZATION OF REPORT
	1.4. SCOPE OF REPORT
	2. GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
	2.1. SOME RECENT POLICY DEVELOPMENTS
	2.1.1. Reinventing Environmental Regulation
	2.1.2. Economic Report of the President
	2.1.3. Council on Sustainable Development
	2.1.4. Vice-Presidential National Performance Review
	2.1.5. Executive Order 12866 and Related OMB Guidance
	2.2. SOME SIGNIFICANT EARLIER POLICY DEVELOPMENTS
	2.2.1. Economic Incentives: Options for Environmental Protection
	2.2.2. 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
	2.2.3. The Project 88 Report
	2.2.4. Executive Order 12291 and EPA Guidelines for Performing Regulatory Impact Analysis
	2.3. CONCLUSIONS
	3. THE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF INCENTIVE SYSTEMS
	3.1. BACKGROUND
	3.2. COMMAND AND CONTROL
	3.3. INCENTIVE-BASED MECHANISMS
	3.3.1. Pollution Taxes, Fees, and Charges
	3.3.2. Subsidies
	3.3.3. Trading Systems
	3.3.4. Deposit-Refund Systems
	3.3.5. Information Programs

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