Date of This Version
September 2010
Abstract
Recent research developments in common-pool resource models emphasize the importance of links with ecological systems and the presence of non-linearities, thresholds and multiple steady states. In a recent paper Kossioris et al. (2008) develop a methodology for deriving feedback Nash equilibria for non-linear differential games and apply this methodology to a common-pool resource model of a lake where pollution corresponds to benefits and at the same time affects the ecosystem services. This paper studies the structure of optimal state- dependent taxes that steer the combined economic-ecological system towards the trajectory of optimal management, and provides an algorithm for calculating such taxes.
Recommended Citation
Kossioris, Georgios; Plexousakis, Michael; Xepapadeas, Anastasios; and de Zeeuw, Aart, "On the Optimal Taxation of Common-Pool Resources" (September 13, 2010). Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers. Paper 490.
https://services.bepress.com/feem/paper490