The monopolist is not the best environmentalist's best friend : an example

Résumé

This letter addresses the second-degree price discrimination issue when a monopolized product is tied with environmental quality. The monopolist may degrade environmental quality too much when marginal valuations of environmental quality and the good itself are positively related across consumers.

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Philippe Mahenc et Marion Podesta, « The monopolist is not the best environmentalist's best friend : an example », Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 115, n° 3, juin 2012, p. 379–382.