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245 0 0 _aPhasing out polluting motorcycles in Bangkok :
_bpolicy design by using contingent valuation surveys /
_cJian Xie..et al.
260 _aWashington, D. C :
_bWorld Bank,
_c2004.
300 _a16p ;
_c27 cm.
440 0 _aPolicy research working papers ;
_vno. 3402
500 _aAlso available online.
500 _a"Xie, Shah, Capannelli and Wang use a contingent valuation method to study the design of economic incentives to phase out polluting motorcycles inBangkok. Like in many other cities, the government of Bangkok has been considering a series of control measures to discourage and eventually eliminate the use of heavily polluting motorcyles. Two of the possible policy instruments under consideration are charges on those polluting vehicles which are operating in the streets and compensation to those polluting vehicles which would stay off the roads. The policy research questions then include (1) what are the charges implied or compensation provided, given a policy target and (2) what are the reactions of motorcycle owners to those charges or compensation. to answer those policy questions, the authors conducted a stochastic contingent valuation survey in Bangkok to question motorcycle owne
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
506 _aOpen access.
650 0 _aMotorcycles
_xThailand
_xBangkok.
650 0 _aAir quality management
_xThailand
_xBangkok.
700 1 _aXie, Jian,
_d1962-
949 _aBSPC
_bSPC
_cHG3881.5
_d.W57 no.3402
_g56767
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