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Public Expenditures and Environmental Protection : When Is the Cost of Funds Irrelevant?

Assume that a public program -- whether in the form of public expenditures or regulation of private activities -- provides not only a public good to consumers but also a collective input (say, a less polluted water source for brewers, or better roa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Eskeland, Gunnar S.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGGREGATE LEVEL AGGREGATE PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS COMMODITY TAXES CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER PREFERENCES CONSUMERS COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST SAVINGS DIRECT VALUE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMISSION EMISSION COEFFICIENTS EMISSION FACTOR EMISSION FACTORS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSION STANDARDS EMISSION TAX EMISSION TAXES EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FUELS GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES INCOME INCOME EFFECT INFERIOR GOODS MARGINAL ABATEMENT MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS MARGINAL BENEFITS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS MARGINAL UTILITY MARGINAL VALUE NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES POLLUTED WATER POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION CONTROL PRIVATE GOODS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS ROADS SHADOW PRICE SMOKE TAX RATES TAXATION TOTAL OUTPUT TREASURY UNDERLYING PROBLEM UTILITY FUNCTION VALUATION WELFARE FUNCTION WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/748709/public-expenditures-environmental-protection-cost-funds-irrelevant http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19734

Public Expenditures and Environmental Protection : When Is the Cost of Funds Irrelevant?

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