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The Price-Standard Approach to Environmental Policy

In: Environmental Economics

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  • Hans Wiesmeth

    (TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics)

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Similarly to the command-and-control policy, the price-standard approach focuses on attaining certain environmental standards – but by “motivating” the economic agents to join with their knowledge and their information. This corresponds to internalizing the environmental effects through completing the market system. The price-standard approach, by decentralizing decisions, thus “imitates” the pricemechanism to reach the standards. As known from Part II, this can be achieved by means of a Pigou tax, which can be interpreted as the “equilibrium price” on an artificial market, or by establishing a market for tradeable certificates. These tools are helpful for incorporating individual knowledge into decision-making. In addition to some theoretical issues, this chapter analyzes various practical approaches, including ecological tax reforms, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, and the attempt to introducing a cap and trade policy in the U.S.

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  • Hans Wiesmeth, 2022. "The Price-Standard Approach to Environmental Policy," Springer Texts in Business and Economics, in: Environmental Economics, edition 2, chapter 0, pages 183-210, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sptchp:978-3-031-05929-2_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05929-2_10
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