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Discuss the major advantages and disadvantages of an industrial ecosystem that you would consider in making your decision.
If you were responsible for setting the NAAQS for lead, what key determinants would you consider if the standard were established to meet the efficiency criteri
Find the present value of the system. Now compare this present value with the one calculated under the assumption of a 10 percent rate.
Evaluate the change in costs over the period in real terms, first in 2011 dollars and then in 2012 dollars. Are your answers the same? Explain why or why not.
Find the incremental cost of a statewide policy that would increase abatement from 5 to 10 percent, and illustrate graphically.
Find the incremental costs of a policy initiative that increases the phosphorus abatement level from its baseline of 30 percent to 45 percent.
Distinguish between the explicit and implicit costs of this proposal, and support your discussion with several specific examples of each.
You are in charge of assessing the incremental benefits. Which method would you choose to derive the estimation? Explain briefly.
Use a graph to model this system, and illustrate how the cost savings are achieved.
Formulate a hypothetical economic policy to motivate automobile manufacturers to advance the technology of cleaner motor vehicles.
Briefly summarize Portney's overall assessment of the 1990 CAAA, and discuss the major implications of these findings for society.
Briefly explain the significance of prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) areas to the setting of air quality standards.
Using the efficiency criterion, carefully analyze the problem faced by the EPA in identifying hazardous air pollutants prior to the 1990 Amendments.
Discuss why this bias leads to a solution that is not cost-effective. What policies might eliminate this bias?
Other than these two programs, briefly summarize any two U.S. policies that use market incentives to control air pollution.
Discuss why transaction costs are so important in explaining the success or failure of the EPA's bubble program.
Other than financial assistance, how might industrialized countries help developing countries to control ozone depletion?
Discuss some of the ramifications this outcome would have on regional economies, national economies, and world trade.
On the basis of the efficiency criterion, should controls on mercury be tightened or relaxed? Support your response with specific calculations.
Discuss the major difficulties associated with estimating the benefits of water pollution abatement.
Identify two significant trends that characterize the evolution of U.S. water quality policy up through the 1987 Water Quality Act.
From an economic perspective, analyze why more has not been done to control agricultural runoff, the major source of these contaminants.
Now suppose that government chooses to initiate tax incentives for energy alternatives along with carbon tax. Would this be a more socially optimal solution?
Suppose the federal government is considering an air quality policy. Determine the dollar value of incremental benefits associated with this initiative.
Suppose you are using risk-benefit analysis to evaluate a policy aimed at limiting the use of a pesticide applied to grain crops.