Does privatization improve the environment? Revisiting the monopoly case

Bibhas Saha

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 115, issue 1, 97-99

Abstract: This note shows that the argument of Beladi and Chao (2006) [Beladi, H., Chao, C., 2006. Does privatization improve the environment? Economics Letters 93, 343–347] that privatization can harm the environment by inducing lower pollution tax is incorrect. It then modifies the model to restore their claim.

Keywords: Pollution tax; Partial privatization; Public monopoly (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L33 Q28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.017

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