Prices for Environmental Goods Are Fictions

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摘要 Thispapershowsthatanattachmentofpricesbycourtsorstateagenciestoenvironmentalgoodsiswithoutpropereconomicfoundationandafiction.Avaluationinmonetarytermsofdamagestobiotopesinoilpollutioncasesisarbitraryduetothemissingmarketexchangeprocesses.Itdoesnotmakesensetoattachanexchangeratetonon-exchangeablegoods.Therearenomarketsandpricesforbiodiversityandthereisnomonetisationbycentralbanksforanygoodoutsideofmarkets.Money,neverthelesscreatedbycentralbanksfornon-exchangeablegoodswouldbeusedinexchangesonmarketsandnotleftunused,onlypassivelyreflectinggiven“values”tonon-exchangeablegoods.Byvaluingandmonetizingenvironmentalgoodscentralbankswillproduceatoolargemonetarybasefortheexchangeablegoodsandaffectpricesonmarketsinaninflationaryway.Cashpricesintheformofdamagesforintangiblegoodsarenotmarketprices,butpure“preventionprices”whicharesimilarlyjustifiedlikepenalties,fines,andcompensations.Atareasonableamount,theyareeffective,useful,andrecommendableasanincentivedeviceeveniftheirbasicjustificationisnotbuiltonmarketvaluations.
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出版日期 2018年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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