Public, Private and Nonprofit Regulation for Environmental Quality

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy - Tập 18 Số 1 - Trang 105-123 - 2009
Lucie Bottega1,2, Jenny De Freitas3
1Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
2Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée
3Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Tóm tắt

This paper studies the welfare implications of different institutions certifying environmental quality supplied by a monopoly. The monopolist can voluntarily certify the quality of the product through an eco‐label provided either by an NGO or a for‐profit private certifier (PC). The NGO and the PC may use advertisement to promote the label. We compare the NGO and PC regimes with the regime where the regulator imposes a minimum quality standard. The presence of a private certifier in the market decreases the scope for public intervention. The availability of green advertisement reinforces the above result.

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