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标题：Privatization and the Environment in a Mixed Duopoly with Pollution Abatement
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作者：Leonard F. S. Wang ; Ya-chin Wang ; Lihong Zhao 等
期刊名称：Economics Bulletin
电子版ISSN：1545-2921
出版年度：2009
卷号：29
期号：4
页码：3112-3119
出版社：Economics Bulletin
摘要：The purpose of this note is to re-examine whether privatization improves the environment or not in a mixed duopolistic model. In our model, both firms adopt pollution abatement technologies in response to the environmental tax imposed by the government. It is shown that privatization unambiguously reduces the pollution levels of firms. Namely, privatization does improve the environment. Moreover, by implementing partial-privatization policy, social welfare can be enhanced