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This paper considers the consequences of a two-sector vertically-integrated model of firms producing output using firm-specific capital with a second sector producing firm-specific capital by adapting raw capital purchased in the market. Analysts rarely observe each sector separately....
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Shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) are perhaps the most influential economic policy analyses today. My paper evaluates their development, natural associations, logical consequences, and economic identification. All five SSP baseline scenarios are predicting scenarios that historical...
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We study how environmentally-inclined politicians (EIPs), i.e., politicians with prior environment-related working experience, affect local environmental performance in China. Firms located in cities with EIPs have lower levels of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions. The effect is attenuated when the...
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The natural environment is central to all aspects of life, but efforts to quantify its influence have been hindered by data availability and measurement constraints. To mitigate some of these challenges, we introduce a new prototype of a microdata infrastructure: the Census Environmental Impacts...
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Intensive agriculture and deep plowing resulted in top-soil erosion and dust storms during the 1930s. These effects have been shown to affect agricultural income and land values that persisted for years. Given the growing literature on the relevance of in-utero and early-life exposures, it is...
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detailed air pollution measurements within Ugandan cities. We find that firms locate on the busiest roads searching for … customer visibility, but in doing so they expose their workers to substantial pollution. This sorting pattern increases profits …
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public or private citizen appeals treatments when they violate pollution standards. There are three main findings. First …, public appeals to the regulator through social media substantially reduce violations and pollution emissions, while private … appeals increases regulatory effort, suggesting visibility as an important mechanism. Third, treatment pollution reductions …
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Although pollution is widespread, there is little evidence about how it might harm children's long run outcomes. Using … pollution have lower wages, are more likely to be in poverty as adults, have fewer years of completed education, and are less …
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The social costs of pollution and climate change hinge critically on humans' ability to adapt. Based on transaction … HSR reduces travelers' exposure to extreme air pollution and temperature by 7% and 10%, leading to substantial health …
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policies to internalize externalities. Focusing on negative externalities from production (such as pollution), we consider …
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