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FACILITY POLLUTE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1994-03-01
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Economics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- pollution facility
1, record 1, English, pollution%20facility
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- facility to pollute 1, record 1, English, facility%20to%20pollute
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The price at which he could have sold more units of the new product, clean air, must, of course be treated by him as a cost of production in producing the old product, insofar as he still uses some pollution facility. 1, record 1, English, - pollution%20facility
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Droit environnemental
- Économie environnementale
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- possibilité de polluer
1, record 1, French, possibilit%C3%A9%20de%20polluer
proposal, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Situation dans laquelle se trouve une entreprise qui peut polluer l'environnement soit que les lois existantes ne peuvent la contraindre à agir autrement, soit qu'elle a reçu de l'État des droits à polluer, soit qu'elle a acheté à une autre entreprise des permis de polluer. 1, record 1, French, - possibilit%C3%A9%20de%20polluer
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Nous avons vu que le producteur utilise la possibilité de polluer, comme tout autre facteur de production, jusqu'au point où la production marginale qui en résulte est égale à son coût pour l'entreprise. 2, record 1, French, - possibilit%C3%A9%20de%20polluer
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1994-03-01
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Economics
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- pollution input
1, record 2, English, pollution%20input
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- input of pollution 1, record 2, English, input%20of%20pollution
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
We have seen that the producer will use the facility to pollute, like any other input, up to the point where its marginal product is equal to its cost to him.... In cruder terms, the pollution will be pushed only to the point where what society gets out of it(the marginal product to the firm) is just offset by what it costs society.... Thus, to achieve the optimum degree of pollution abatement what is needed is some way of making the polluter use the pollution input up to the point where it would cost him more to use more of it than society would gain in terms of higher output. 1, record 2, English, - pollution%20input
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Droit environnemental
- Économie environnementale
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- pollution considérée comme facteur de production
1, record 2, French, pollution%20consid%C3%A9r%C3%A9e%20comme%20facteur%20de%20production
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- pollution en tant que facteur de production 1, record 2, French, pollution%20en%20tant%20que%20facteur%20de%20production
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
La possibilité de polluer considérée comme tout autre facteur dans l'établissement du coût de production d'une entreprise. 2, record 2, French, - pollution%20consid%C3%A9r%C3%A9e%20comme%20facteur%20de%20production
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Il est difficile de rendre cette expression anglaise en évitant la périphrase en français. Si le français possédait un adjectif dérivé du substantif «pollution», on pourrait toujours avoir recours à un équivalent comme «facteur de production pollutionnelle». 2, record 2, French, - pollution%20consid%C3%A9r%C3%A9e%20comme%20facteur%20de%20production
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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