Environmental Policy and Market Structure

One of the central tenets of this book is that governmental policies must be designed to take into account market characteristics and environmental phenomena - simultaneously. This volume contains a research effort of the "Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei" and explores the theoretical underpinnings of environmental policy in a sub-optimal world. Topics considered link economic issues (olipolistic market structures, firm heterogeneity, and the strategic behaviour of governments) to environmental issues (emission abatements, cleaner technologies, and environmental taxation).