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This paper considers some theoretical and computational problems that arise when trying to find optimal taxes for environmental pollution control. The paper takes cognizance of the reality of mixed-economy difficulties (and, therefore, Lagrangian decomposition is not appropriate), and also demonstrates that a "property-rights" approach to environmental quality control may not be appropriate. The paper presents a water quality control problem which highlights the difficulties. In addition, the resulting mathematical program is nonconvex and a solution algorithm is presented.
This research was supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant ENG 74-02629.
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Jacobsen, S.E. (1976). Mathematical programming and the computation of optimal taxes for environmental pollution control. In: Cea, J. (eds) Optimization Techniques Modeling and Optimization in the Service of Man Part 2. Optimization Techniques 1975. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 41. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-07623-9_297
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