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the conditions under which fees and subsidies are equivalent. Here we find
that the equivalent subsidy is a very strange sort of construct, one that we
are unlikely to encounter in practice. Next, we show that subsidies in the
more conventional sense are a poor substitute for taxes. Although the two may
be equally effective in reducing emissions by the individual firm, the subsidy
encourages the entry of new firms into the industry, whereas taxes encourage
their exit. As a result, we can expect that a subsidy program will be less
effective in discouraging pollution than a tax program with similar marginal
rates. In particular, we find that, under pure competition, if emissions are
uniquely determined by the industry's output level and rise monotonically with
output, a subsidy program will necessarily backfire. Although the subsidy
will produce a reduction in the emissions of each firm, it will lead to an
entry of new firms that more than offsets it. Total emissions under a subsidy
program will in this case always be greater than they would have been if no
cleanup subsidy program had ever been instituted.
Baumol, William J. and Wallace E. Oates (1988). The Theory of
Environmental Policy, Second Edition. Cambridge University Press,
New York.
This book places special emphasis on transferable permit systems for
controlling emissions, discusses the setting of standards for environmental
quality and asks whether such standards should be set by national or "local"
authorities, and revises the treatment of depletable and undepletable
externalities based on articles by A. Myrick Freeman.
Baxter, Kenneth N. and Elizabeth Scott-Denton (eds.) (1992).
Proceedings of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center Shrimp
Resource Review, NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SEFSC-299,
August, 186 pp.
This report serves as an official record of the shrimp research program
review. Each program component of the shrimp research program is presented in
abstract form. Hard copies of visual aids and the questions/clarifications
session immediately follow each abstract.
Baxter, Kenneth N., Carlton H. Furr, Jr., and Elizabeth Scott (1988).
"The Commercial Bait Shrimp Fishery in Galveston Bay, Texas, 1959-
87." Marine Fisheries Review, 50(2):20-28.
Information about landings and species composition associated with the
bait shrimp industry of the Galveston Bay system has been collected on a
weekly schedule from 1959 through 1984 and on a more limited basis since 1985.
Collectively, the bait index and the postlarval index provide: 1) a reliable
indication of the subsequent offshore harvest and 2) a long term correlation
between juvenile abundance and changing environmental conditions. In
addition, insight into local fishing practices and trends provide background
for continuing research needed to enhance production value of the shrimp
stock.
Bayley, Peter B. and Douglas J. Austen (1989). Fisheries Analysis System:
Data Management and Analysis for Fisheries Management and Research.
American Fisheries Society Symposium, 6:199-205.
The fisheries analysis system (FAS) is a computerized data management
system that was designed for analyses of local and statewide data sets for
fisheries management and research purposes. Outputs allow tabular and
graphical presentation of summary data among water bodies and years, and text
file generation for statistical packages.
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