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Centralization and Accountability: Theory and Evidence from the Clean Air Act

Boffa, Federico; Piolatto, Amedeo; Ponzetto, Giacomo AM - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

greater benefits when the central government sets a uniform policy. Consistent with our theory, we present empirical evidence …

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Sources of Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries

Broner, Fernando A; Bustos, Paula; Carvalho, Vasco M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

regulation have a comparative advantage in polluting industries. Further, we address the potential problem of reverse causality …. We propose an instrument for environmental regulation based on meteorological determinants of pollution dispersion … identified by the atmospheric pollution literature. We find that the effect of environmental regulation on the pattern of trade …

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What Should we Expect from Innovation? A Model-Based Assessment of the Environmental and Mitigation Cost Implications of Climate-Related R&D

Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Duval, Romain; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper addresses two basic issues related to technological innovation and climate stabilisation objectives: i) Can innovation policies be effective in stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations? ii) To what extent can innovation policies complement carbon pricing (taxes or permit trading) and...

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Trade, Strategic Innovation and Strategic Environmental Policy - a General Analysis

Ulph, Alistair Mitchell; Ulph, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

about the competitive advantage their industries might obtain in a world of fierce trade competition. Some claim governments … policies for strategic reasons, and to test these claims requires modelling environmental policy in a world of imperfect …

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Are the Costs of Cleaning Up Eastern Europe Exaggerated? Economic Reform and the Environment

Hughes, Gordon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

Widespread concern has been expressed that the costs of reducing environmental pollution in Eastern Europe will divert resources that would otherwise be available for industrial modernization. In fact, apart from a number of severely damaged areas, the general level of exposure to major...

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Environmental Regulation and the Location of Polluting Industries

Rauscher, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

regulation and to unacceptable standards of environmental quality? The paper attempts to answer this question in a non …

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On Income Inequality and Green Preferences

Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, Thomas I - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

We derive conditions of individual preferences and technology that give rise to a negative correlation between income inequality and environmental protection. We present a class of models (which captures a static model as well as an overlapping-generations model) in which individuals differ in...

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Trade Law and Environmental Issues in Central and East European Countries

Rauscher, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

International trade and environmental regulation are interdependent. Central and East European Countries (CEECs) are … experience with existing international agreements. The major questions are: (i) how the capture of environmental regulation by … harmful tax competition in the field of environmental regulation; and (v) how international disputes can be resolved. …

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How Elections Matter: Theory and Evidence from Environmental Policy

List, John; Sturm, Daniel M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

In this Paper we explore to what extent secondary policy issues are influenced by electoral incentives. We develop a political agency model in which a politician decides on both a frontline policy issue, such as the level of public spending, and a secondary policy issue, such as environmental...

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Inequality, Environmental Protection and Growth

Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, Thomas I - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

We analyse how, in representative democracies, income distribution influences the stringency of environmental policy and economic growth. Individuals (who differ in abilities) live for two periods, working when young and owning capital when old. Externalities are caused by a polluting factor....

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