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Thomas Crocker

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  • Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup
    environmental economics
    / Permit markets

    …John Dales and American economist Thomas Crocker in the 1960s. Through this method, pollution permits are issued to firms in an industry where a reduction in emissions is desired. The permits give each firm the right to produce emissions according to the number of permits it holds. However, the total…

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    …John Dales and American economist Thomas Crocker in the 1960s. Through this method, pollution permits are issued to firms in an industry where a reduction in emissions is desired. The permits give each firm the right to produce emissions according to the number of permits it holds. However, the total…

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