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equilibrium of a small open economy where the environment is an input to production. Differences in the ability of individuals to … afford private mitigation of the adverse consequences of pollution is a central feature of the analysis. Private mitigation … leads to an endogenous, unequal distribution of the health-related consequences of pollution across income groups in a …
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Recent literature proposes many variables as significant determinants of pollution. This paper gives an overview of … this literature and asks which of these factors have an empirically robust impact on water and air pollution, i.e. do not … water pollution. …
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countries, compatible with the sustainability of the processes concerning the Earth system. Mainly by focusing on the energy-environment …
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scope of inefficient migration. This positive welfare effect may significantly reduce abatement costs of pollution and calls …
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In some important multi-player situations, such as efforts to supply a global public good, players can choose the game they want to play. In this paper we conduct an experimental test of the decision to choose between a “tipping” game, in which every player wants to contribute to the public...
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When confronted with market weaknesses and failures determining sustainability problems for environmental common-pool resources, economic analysis has proposed government intervention as the only alternative available. Elinor Ostrom showed that this dichotomy between market and government is not...
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higher where (1) there exists an energy / CO2 tax, where (2) government expenditures on the environment are higher, where (3 …
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value reflects the level of uncovered pollution (demand), the level of unused allowances (supply), and the technological …
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We study the political economy of the environment in autocratic, weak and strong democracies when individuals can … either mitigate the health consequences of domestic pollution privately or reduce pollution collectively through public … ordinary citizens. The recognition that the health consequences of pollution can be dealt with privately at a cost adds an …
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We study the introduction of new technologies when their costs are subject to idiosyncratic uncertainty and can only be fully learned through individual experience. We set up a dynamic model of clean experience goods that replace old polluting consumption options and show how optimal regulation...
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