Browsing Waterloo Research by Author "Rustico, Erica"
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Environmental taxation: The impact of carbon tax policy commitment on technology choice and social welfare
Rustico, Erica; Dimitrov, Stanko (Elsevier, 2022-01)Motivated by multiple real-world settings, we determine a social welfare-maximizing regulator's tax policies that induce a profit-maximizing polluting firm to make green technology choices. Using a game-theoretic approach ... -
Green Veblen effect: Sustainability in pollution management
Chenavaz, Regis Y.; Dimitrov, Stanko; Rustico, Erica (Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2023-05-01)We know that green products may initially exhibit a Veblen effect–demand increasing with prices–often followed by a decrease in price. The global understanding of these joint phenomena still needs to be improved, impeding ...