Sharing a polluted river through environmental taxes
Editorial: Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa
ISBN: 978-84-691-8159-1
Ano de publicación: 2009
Congreso: Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa (31. 2009. Murcia)
Tipo: Achega congreso
Resumo
We consider a river divided into n segments. There are n agents located along the river who generate residues. The river requires cleansing and it entails some cost. We propose several rules to distribute the total pollutant-cleaning cost among all the agents. For each rule we provide an axiomatic characterization using properties based in taxes over water. Moreover, we prove that one of the rules coincides with the weighted Shapley value of a game asociated with the problem