An experimental analysis of the effects of imperfect compliance on technology adoption
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.Date
2021-12-18Citation
10.1007/s10640-021-00634-1
Environmental and Resource Economics 81.3 (2022): 425-451
ISSN
0924-6460DOI
10.1007/s10640-021-00634-1Funded by
Eva Camacho-Cuena is grateful for funding from the Universitat Jaume I under grant UJI-B2018-77, the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology under grant RTI2018-096927-B-100, and the Generalitat Valenciana for the fnancial support under grant AICO/2018/036 and Cátedra de Nueva Transición Verde 9100/2021. Carmen Arguedas acknowledges fnancial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy under research grant ECO2017-82449-P, and José L. Zofío under grant EIN2020-112260/AEI/10.13039/501100011033Project
Gobierno de España. RTI2018-096927-B-100; Gobierno de España. ECO2017-82449-P; Gobierno de España. EIN2020-112260Editor's Version
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-021-00634-1Subjects
Abatement technology; Auction; Environmental policy; Monitoring; Non-compliance; Permit; Taxes; EconomíaRights
© 2021 The Author(s).Esta obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 Internacional.
Abstract
We present the results of an experimental investigation on incentives to adopt cleaner abatement technologies in the presence of imperfect compliance. We consider two emission control instruments—emission taxes and tradable permits—as well as different combinations of the inspection probability and fine for non-compliance, which can result in full or weak enforcement scenarios. We review and qualify existing theoretical predictions in several ways and find the main result is that allowing for weak enforcement causes tax evasion, reductions in permit prices and lower adoption rates of cleaner abatement technologies. As a result, there are increases in aggregate emissions. Finally, treatments with tradable permits under weak enforcement encounter insufficient trading.
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Google Scholar:Vidal-Meliá, Lidia
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Arguedas Tomás, María del Carmen
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Camacho-Cuena, Eva
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Zofío Prieto, José Luis
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