Environmental taxes in a differentiated mixed duopoly

摘要: Abstract Beladi and Chao (2006) Barcena-Ruiz Garzon considered the role of environmental policy on decision whether to privatize a public firm in different market structures. This paper re-examines privatization improves (or deteriorates) environment mixed duopolistic framework with differentiated product pollution abatement. It is shown that, due privatization, less attention paid abatement by all firms coupled taxes levied government duopoly, more (less) damaged when (more) substitutable. When highly substitutable, industry profits increase because this softens intensity market, but social welfare deteriorates accompanied path loss consumer surplus tax revenue exceeds increases profits, even if damaged.