Market Power in the Eco-industry: Polluters’ Incentives under Environmental Liability Law

Alfred Endres and Tim Friehe

Land Economics, 2012, vol. 88, issue 1, 121-138

Abstract: This paper analyzes the output and abatement choices of perfectly competitive downstream polluters who are subject to environmental liability law and procure abatement from an imperfectly competitive eco-industry. Under strict liability, polluting firms choose suboptimal abatement, but socially optimal output given abatement. Under negligence with firm-specific abatement standards, polluting firms choose suboptimal output but socially optimal abatement given output. Under negligence with industry-wide abatement standards, the output and abatement choices of most firms are socially suboptimal. Second-best considerations are offered for each case. Under strict liability (negligence), these apply to the level of liability (the behavioral standard).

JEL-codes: H23 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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