Optimal Policies for Solid Waste Disposal: Taxes, Subsidies, and Standards

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Date

Aug. 1, 1997

Authors

Karen Palmer and Margaret A. Walls

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Journal Article

Reading time

1 minute

Authors

Karen Palmer

Senior Fellow

Karen Palmer is a senior fellow at Resources for the Future and an expert on the economics of environmental, climate and public utility regulation of the electric power sector.

Margaret A. Walls

Senior Fellow

Margaret Walls is a senior fellow at RFF. Her current research focuses on issues related to resilience and adaptation to extreme events, ecosystem services, and conservation, parks and public lands.

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