On model<strong>in</strong>g pollution-generat<strong>in</strong>g technologies January 16, 2011<strong>in</strong>puts (e.g., coal), there is only one (weakly) technically efficient (m<strong>in</strong>i<strong>ma</strong>l) levelof pollution. 17(b) Furthermore, if pollution is generated by <strong>in</strong>puts such as coal, as is very often thecase, the non-positive trade-offs between pollution generation and <strong>in</strong>puts (derivedby hold<strong>in</strong>g the levels of <strong>in</strong>tended outputs fixed), apparent <strong>in</strong> (2.9), are <strong>in</strong>consistentwith by-production, which implies that this trade-off should be non-negative.How should one <strong>in</strong>terpret the trade-offs observed under s<strong>in</strong>gle equation model<strong>in</strong>g ofpollution-generat<strong>in</strong>g technologies when one abstracts from abatement options? As discussedabove, these trade-offs are not reflective of the phenomenon of by-production. Rather, thenon-negative trade-offs observed <strong>in</strong> (2.8) between each <strong>in</strong>tended output and pollution andthe non-positive trade-offs observed <strong>in</strong> (2.9) between each <strong>in</strong>put and pollution suggest thatthis approach treats pollution like any other <strong>in</strong>put <strong>in</strong> production: first, <strong>in</strong>creases <strong>in</strong> itslevel, hold<strong>in</strong>g all other <strong>in</strong>puts fixed, <strong>in</strong>creases <strong>in</strong>tended outputs and, second, pollution is asubsti<strong>tu</strong>te for all other <strong>in</strong>puts <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>tended production—the same level of <strong>in</strong>tended outputscan be produced by decreas<strong>in</strong>g other <strong>in</strong>puts and <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g pollution. This also does notseem to be <strong>in</strong><strong>tu</strong>itively correct: it is not a correct description of the role pollution p<strong>la</strong>ys <strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>tended production. 182.2. The case with abatement output.Consider the case where the technology of a pollution-generat<strong>in</strong>g firm is def<strong>in</strong>ed by as<strong>in</strong>gle restriction on all <strong>in</strong>puts and outputs, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the abatement output:T = { 〈x, y, z, y a 〉 ∈ R n+m+m′ +1+∣ f(x, y, z, y a ) ≤ 0 } . (2.10)17 If pollution is caused by some <strong>in</strong>tended outputs (e.g., strong odor from some varieties of cheese producedby a dairy) and (2.9) holds as a strict <strong>in</strong>equality, then it implies that there exists a rich menu of (weakly)technically efficient 〈x, z〉 comb<strong>in</strong>ations, with vary<strong>in</strong>g levels of z, that are possible with given levels of all<strong>in</strong>tended outputs. Such a menu is <strong>in</strong>consistent with by-production.18 In the litera<strong>tu</strong>re, the treatment of pollution as any other productive <strong>in</strong>put is often justified by equat<strong>in</strong>gpollution to the assimi<strong>la</strong>tive capacities of environmental resources such as air and water to absorb pollution.Murty [2010a,b] argue as follows: (1) qualitatively, these are two different goods—pollution is an output ofthe technology, while the assimi<strong>la</strong>tive capacity of environmental resource is an <strong>in</strong>put. A given environmentalresource like air can absorb different types of un<strong>in</strong>tended outputs like CO 2 , SO 2 , etc., and its assimi<strong>la</strong>tivecapacity can be different for different pollutants. (2) The technological trade-off between an environmentalresource and an <strong>in</strong>put that causes pollution also does not follow the standard (negative) trade-offs between<strong>in</strong>puts. In particu<strong>la</strong>r, <strong>in</strong>put free disposability is vio<strong>la</strong>ted <strong>in</strong> the direction of <strong>in</strong>puts that cause pollution:e.g., for every level of coal, there is a certa<strong>in</strong> m<strong>in</strong>i<strong>ma</strong>l level of smoke that is generated, and hence a certa<strong>in</strong>m<strong>in</strong>i<strong>ma</strong>l level of the environmental resource that is required. It is not technologically feasible to <strong>in</strong>def<strong>in</strong>itely<strong>in</strong>crease usage of coal (as is required by the def<strong>in</strong>ition of <strong>in</strong>put free disposability) keep<strong>in</strong>g the levels of smokeand, hence, the environmental resource fixed.8
“che, senza essere una def<strong>in</strong>izione dog<strong>ma</strong>tica propriamente detta,e pur con qualche sviluppo, richiesto dalle condizioni spiri<strong>tu</strong>alidel nostro tempo, riprende sostanzialmente il <strong>Credo</strong> di Nicea, il<strong>Credo</strong> dell’immortale Tradizione del<strong>la</strong> santa <strong>Chiesa</strong> di Dio” (PaoloVI, Omelia a conclusione dell’Anno del<strong>la</strong> <strong>fede</strong>, 30 giugno 1968).— 10 —
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