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The introduction of the U.S. SO2 allowance-trading program to address the threat of acid rain as part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 is a landmark event in the history of environmental regulation. The program was a great success by almost all measures. This paper, which draws upon a...
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of water pollution deriving from mismanaged drilling and fracturing, absence of adequate regulation framework and …
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pollution on health and the private decision of each working-age agent to improve her health are taken into account. Especially … sensitive to pollution, the weight of health in preferences is high, the polluting capacity of the production technology is high …
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In the current age of trade and financial openness, local economies in developing countries are becoming increasingly exposed to external investments. The objective of the proposed two-sector model with environmental externalities is to provide an insight into the interaction between external...
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outcomes varies across pollution media: air pollution has a larger impact on health outcomes than either water or land. And …, within air pollution, releases of carcinogens are particularly problematic for infant health outcomes. We do not, however …
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The use of environmental policy instruments such as eco-labelling and pesticide taxes should preferably be based on disaggregate estimates of the individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) for pesticide risk reductions. We review the empirical valuation literature dealing with pesticide risk exposure...
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Policy has increasingly shifted towards economic incentives and liability attenuation for promoting cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated sites, but little is known about the effectiveness of such policies. An example of such legislation is State Voluntary Cleanup Programs (VCPs), which were...
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