Individualized Solutions to Environmental Problems: The Case of Automobile Pollution

Peter Urmetzer, Donald E. Blake and Neil Guppy

Canadian Public Policy, 1999, vol. 25, issue 3, 345-359

Abstract: Combatting air pollution associated with extensive motor-vehicle use has become a major policy objective for cities around the world. Policy alternatives toward this end can be divided into two categories: incentives (e.g., improved public transportation) and disincentives (e.g.,environmental tax on gasoline). Based on survey data, this paper assesses which of these two types of policies is most likely to meet with public approval, and among which groups support is highest. Results show that drivers act like "free-riders," that is, they tend to support policies that socialize the costs of solutions rather than those that target individual drivers.

Date: 1999
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