Question

In most systems for reducing pollution using an effluent fee, the government is directly involved as a fee collector. For example, at one point in time the Italian government decided to implement an effluent fee system aimed at reducing secondhand smoke in restaurants, however, it put the restaurants at the center of enforcement efforts. If a customer lights up a cigarette in a smoke-free zone in a restaurant in Italy, its managers were legally bound to charge the violator a fine as part of the bill and to transmit the amount of the fine to the government. Many restaurant owners refused to participate in the government's program. Some worried about losing customers they penalize. Others simply did not want to go to the trouble to collect the government's fees without receiving compensation for the tax-collecting expenses they would incur. Consequently, the Italian government's effluent-fee system has seemingly failed to reduce secondhand smoke in restaurants. For Critical Analysis: How might the Italian government redesign its effluent-fee system so that it more effectively cuts down on the spillover costs incurred by nonsmoking patrons of restaurants

Answer 1

The Italian government can increase the efficiency of its effluent system by becoming creating a law that makes it illegal to smoke in smoke-free zones.

What is an Effluent?

This refers to wastes that are secreted or released into the air, water, or underground channels.

Examples of effluents are:

• Liquid factory waste
• Smoke
• Sewage etc.

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