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Transboundary air pollution and soil acidification: A dynamic analysis of an acid rain game between Finland and the USSR

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  • Veijo Kaitala
  • Matti Pohjola
  • Olli Tahvonen

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Transboundary air pollution is analysed as a dynamic game between Finland and the nearby areas of the Soviet Union. Sulphur emissions are used as the environmental control variables and the acidities of the soils as the state variables. Acidification is consequently considered to be a stock pollutant having long-lasting harmful effects on the environment. The state dynamics consist of two relationships: first, of a sulphur transportation model between the regions and, second, of a model describing how the quality of the soil is affected by sulphur deposition. The countries are assumed to be interested in maximizing the net benefits from pollution control as measured by the impacts on the values of forest growth net of the abatement costs. Cooperative and noncooperative solutions of the game are compared to assess the benefits of bilateral cooperation. Using empirical estimates of abatement costs, acidification dynamics and impacts on forest growth it is shown that cooperation is beneficial to Finland but not to the Soviet Union. Consequently, Finland has to offer monetary compensation to induce her neighbor to invest in environmental protection. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1992

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  • Veijo Kaitala & Matti Pohjola & Olli Tahvonen, 1992. "Transboundary air pollution and soil acidification: A dynamic analysis of an acid rain game between Finland and the USSR," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 2(2), pages 161-181, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:enreec:v:2:y:1992:i:2:p:161-181
    DOI: 10.1007/BF00338241
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    1. Kaitala, Veijo & Pohjola, Matti & Tahvonen, Olli, 1992. " An Economic Analysis of Transboundary Air Pollution between Finland and the Former Soviet Union," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 94(3), pages 409-424.
    2. Kaitala, Veijo & Pohjola, Matti & Tahvonen, Olli, 1990. "An Economic Analysis of Transboundary Air Pollution between Finland and the Soviet Union," Discussion Papers 335, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.
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