We study the nature of individual demands for environmental regulation and for trade openness in the general … 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 …

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 … important dimension to the analysis of the political economy of environmental regulation, especially for an open economy. When …

consumption options and show how optimal regulation evolves over time. In our base setting where social and private learning …

which exhibits distortions due to pollution, external landfilling costs and inefficient product design. The allocative …

pollution. …

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. …