pollution charge
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpollutionandcharge
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pollution
noun[U]
uk/pəˈluː.ʃən/us/pəˈluː.ʃən/
damage caused to water, air, etc. by harmful substances ...
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charge
noun
uk/tʃɑːdʒ/us/tʃɑːrdʒ/
the amount of money that you have to pay for something, especially for an activity ...
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(Definition ofpollutionandchargefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpollution charge
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If thepollutionchargeis too low and the country exports the product which generates pollution, welfare may decline upon the introduction of preferential trading.
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Intuitively, with thepollutionchargeset too high, good 2 is protected less than good, 3 initially.
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Perhaps the most important application is for settingpollutionchargerates to achieve particular goals.
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This is done using apollutioncharge(t) that applies only at the end of production periods and therefore greatly economizes on monitoring.
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However, in the face of an inadequatepollutioncharge, this will not be optimal.
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Of these, 151 substances hadpollutionchargerates.
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Whether the result holds depends critically on (i) the level of extant domesticpollutioncharge, and (ii) the direction of trade.
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The way in which thepollutionchargeenters, however, depends upon the country under analysis.
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The relationship between preferential trading and welfare depends critically on the level of the extant domesticpollutionchargeand the direction of trade.
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The difficulty has been compounded in developing countries, which have few operatingpollutionchargesystems.
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Thepollutionchargerate structure that is linked to these limits is quite complicated.
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We can ask the question: what happens if thepollutionchargeis set optimally?
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Let us now turn back to the issue of the optimumpollutionchargegiven t2 t3, t2 t3 0 in our model.
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The first two chapters contain an introduction to the book and a survey ofpollutionchargesystems and key issues in policy design.
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Operation of the system has been well-documented since the mid 1980s, affording a unique opportunity to assess the implementation and impact of apollutionchargein a developing country.
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In this paper apollutionchargeis defined as a charge levied on the actual or reported emissions (in tons per year) of a particular pollutant.
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Let us now turn to the effect of the introduction of preferential trading when the initial value ofpollutionchargeis set at the optimum level.
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One policy implication of these results is that low rates of pollution charges will have effects on polluter behavior.
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