Privatization and environmental policy in a mixed oligopoly

  1. Juan Carlos Bárcena-Ruiz
  2. Quan Dong
  3. María Bergoña Garzón
Revue:
Estudios de economía

ISSN: 0304-2758,  0718-5286

Année de publication: 2019

Volumen: 46

Número: 2

Pages: 173-190

Type: Article

DOI: 10.4067/S0718-52862019000200173 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

D'autres publications dans: Estudios de economía

Résumé

Abstract: This paper analyzes the interaction between two political economy decisions by a government: whether to privatize a public firm and what environmental policy to choose (an environmental tax or an emission standard). We find that when market competition is weak the government does not privatize the public firm and sets an environmental tax. When it is intermediate the public firm is not privatized and the government sets an environmental standard. Finally, when market competition is strong the government privatizes the public firm and is indifferent between a tax and a standard.

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