Why pollution standards are preferred by industries: pragmatism and rent-seeking behaviour

• Main Author: Abdul Rahim, Khalid
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Chapman & Hall 1996
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35804/1/Why%20pollution%20standards%20are%20preferred%20by%20industries%20pragmatism%20and%20rent-seeking%20behaviour.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35804/7/35804.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35804/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01325614

Regulatory instruments in environmental policy have strongraison d'etre. They still dominate the instruments selected by policy makers. Even with the growing interest in the use of economic instruments, in theory, empirical studies and policy, industries tend to prefer command-and-control as a...