C H A P T E R 7
DEMAND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS
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FIGURE 7.1
Marginal willingness to pay (MWTP) for nitrogen oxides (parts per hundred million, pphm) for Boston households at three different income levels. Figures for MWTP are annual, in 1970 US$ per pphm. (Adapted from Harrison and Rubinfeld, 1978.)
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FIGURE 7.2
Demand curves and willingness to pay. (a) Gasoline; (b) air pollution. Note that in (b), total damage = −consumer total WTP.
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FIGURE 7.3
Marginal willingness to pay for an environmental good. p x
, price of x ; h , demand for x ; p * x
, market price of x ; Δ q , change in environmental good, q .
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FIGURE 7.4
Willingness to accept vs. willingness to pay for a change in quantity of an environmental good (q).
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