Non-uniform implementation of uniform standards
| Autor: | Dietrich Earnhart, Carmen Arguedas, Sandra Rousseau |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Economics and Econometrics
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Emission standard 05 social sciences Environmental resource management Environmental economics Environmental policy Negotiation Politics Water pollution 0502 economics and business Economics Local environment Quality (business) 050202 agricultural economics & policy 050207 economics National standard business Enforcement media_common Public finance |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Regulatory Economics. 51:159-183 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0468 0922-680X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11149-017-9321-2 |
| Popis: | © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Regulations are frequently based on a uniform standard, which applies to all facilities within a single industry. However, implementation of many of these regulations does not lead to uniform limits due to considerations of local conditions in real policy settings. In this paper, we theoretically examine the relationships among the stringency of effluent limits imposed on individual polluting facilities by permit writers, environmental protection agencies’ monitoring decisions, and the ambient quality of the local environment. In particular, we explore the establishment of effluent limits when (1) the national emission standard represents only an upper bound on the local issuance of limits and (2) negotiation efforts expended by regulated polluting facilities and environmentally concerned citizens play a role. We find that the negotiated discharge limit depends on the political weight enjoyed and the negotiation effort costs faced by both citizens and the regulated facility, along with the stringency of the national standard and local ambient quality conditions. ispartof: Journal of Regulatory Economics vol:51 issue:2 pages:159-183 status: published |
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