Production externalities and expectations application to the economics of climate change

Antoine Mandel

Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne from Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne

Abstract: In this paper, we extend the problem of decentralization of Pareto optima in an economy with production externalities to the case where the production capacities upon which Pareto optimality is defined may differ from the aggregate of the firms expectations about their production possibilities. This issue is raised in order to deal with the seemingly different expectations of firms and governments about the economic consequences of climate change. We show the government can create a "production allowance" market in order to force the firms to produce in a way it considers as optimal. The results are then applied to the analysis of the economic and welfare consequences of climate change

Keywords: General equilibrium theory; Pareto Optimality; externalities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D51 D62 Q54 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2007-05
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Working Paper: Production Externalities and Expectations Application to the Economics of Climate Change (2007)
Working Paper: Production Externalities and Expectations Application to the Economics of Climate Change (2007)
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