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Socially Efficient Control Of Carcinogen Emissions From Open Top Vapor Cleaners In Lndiana, Robert S. Main
Socially Efficient Control Of Carcinogen Emissions From Open Top Vapor Cleaners In Lndiana, Robert S. Main
Robert S. Main
Robert Main's contribution to the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences Proceedings, 1995.
Comment On 'Impacts, Costs, And Techniques For Mitigation Of Contaminated Groundwater: A Review' By M. Sharefkin, M. Shechter, And A.V. Kneese, Robert Main
Robert S. Main
Published response to 'Impacts, Costs, and Techniques for Mitigation of Contaminated Groundwater: A Review' by M. Sharefkin, M. Shechter, and A.V. Kneese, Water Resources Research, Volume 20, Issue 12.
A New Approach To Peak Load Pricing, Robert Main
A New Approach To Peak Load Pricing, Robert Main
Robert S. Main
This paper explores an alternative method of ‘solving’ the problem of recurring time variable demands in a public utility context. It views the utility's load curve as a series of horizontal layers or ‘slices’ of varying lengths, rather than as a series of vertical slices as in the traditional approach. Several cases are examined, and traditional time-of-day pricing is shown to be inefficient or inapplicable in some of them, while ‘demand-layer’ pricing, based on horizontal slicing, is efficient. In still other cases, neither method of pricing is efficient.
A Rationale For Meeting Quotas Asymmetrically, J. Patrick Meister, Robert S. Main
A Rationale For Meeting Quotas Asymmetrically, J. Patrick Meister, Robert S. Main
Robert S. Main
Under certain conditions, otherwise identical, competing firms may find it jointly preferable to face differing degrees of trade barriers on individual products rather than symmetric trade barriers. The key is the ability to reduce marginal production cost via research and development. The economic significance of this insight is that there could be a role for a market for quota allotments. This insight also has applications to Voluntary Export Restraints in which a priori symmetric, restricted firms may prefer to have individual production levels allocated asymmetrically. This indicates the need for detailed studies of how quotas are met by individual firms. …