Environmental Objectives, Cost Efficiency, and Multivariate Stochastic Control

This paper is concerned with the cost efficiency in achieving the Swedish national air quality objectives under uncertainty. To realize an ecologically sustainable society, the parliament has approved a set of interim and long-term pollution reduction targets. However, there are considerable quantification uncertainties on the effectiveness of the proposed pollution reduction measures. In this paper, we develop a multivariate stochastic control framework to deal with the cost efficiency problem with multiple pollutants. Based on the cost and technological data collected by several national authorities, we explore the implications of alternative probabilistic constraints. It is found that a composite probabilistic constraint induces considerably lower abatement cost than separable probabilistic restrictions. The trend is reinforced by the presence of positive correlations between reductions in the multiple pollutants.

Scope, objectives and special problems of planning for agricultural development with reference to Barbados

Describe la organización, metas y objetivos del proceso de planificación para el desarrollo de la agricultura en Barbados.

The international crisis and Latin American development: objectives and instruments

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New objectives for the development of mining resources

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Resolución 442(XIX): Medidas para promover el cumplimiento de los objetivos del Decenio Internacional del Agua Potable y del Saneamiento Ambiental en América Latina = Resolution 442(XIX): Measures to promote the achievement of the objectives of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade in Latin America = Résolution 442(XIX): Mesures destinées à faciliter la réalisation des objectifs de la Décennie internationale de l'eau potable et de l'assainissement

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Antecedentes y objetivos de la Conferencia, temario provisional, anotaciones al temario provisional = Background and objectives of the Conference, provisional agenda, annotations of the provisional agenda = Historique et objectifs de la Conférence, ordre du jour provisoire, annotations à l'ordre du jour provisoire

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Informe del Seminario-ZOPP sobre Políticas para el control y la fiscalización de la contaminación urbana e industrial" = Report on the Participatory Planning by Objectives Seminar on "Policies for the detection and control of urban and industrial contamination""

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Principales objetivos y posibles características de una unión de pagos latinoamericana: redacción provisional = Main objectives and possible characteristics of a Latin American payments union: provisional draft

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Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo: antecedentes, propósitos y preparativos regionales = United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development: background, objectives and regional implications

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Linkage between objectives and control mechanisms in the public manufacturing sector

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