What is meant by direct regulation of pollution emissions? What is the problem with this method of pollution control?
What will be an ideal response?
Direct regulation typically takes the form of uniform treatment of polluters. Direct regulations can include requiring all polluters to reduce pollution by a fixed amount or install similar pollution abatement equipment. Unlike market-based solutions to pollution control, direct regulation does not take into account differences in firms' costs of reducing pollution.As a result, the cost to society of pollution abatement may be larger than it needs to be.
A-head: ECONOMICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Concept: Direct regulation
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