BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS OF AUTOMOTIVE EMISSION REDUCTIONS

This study examines the optimum automotive emission control levels within a marginal benefit-cost framework. It is assumed that benefits consist of market and nonmarket components. Cost of control is estimated from historical and projected data as published in the literature. The results of the analyses indicate that even with a high estimate of benefits, the economically optimal vehicle emission levels are strikingly less severe than those required by the 1970 Clean Air Act.

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• Authors:
  • Schwing, R C
  • Southworth, B W
  • von Buseck, C R
  • Jackson, C J
• Publication Date: 1980-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 44-64
• Serial:
  • Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Academic Press Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0095-0696
  • Serial URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Analysis; Benefit cost analysis; Control; Economics; Exhaust gases; Markets; Motor vehicles; Vehicle power plants
• Identifier Terms: Clean Air Act
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines; Exhaust emission control
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322305
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 19 1981 12:00AM