Showing 1 - 10 of 23
This paper discusses the environmental externalities that are commonly found in the developing world (the environmental regime) along with the policy responses, if any, commonly used to deal with these. Included are the effects of industrial emissions, air and water quality impacts of untreated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471479
Reducing global poverty and addressing climate change and other environmental crises are among the most important challenges facing humanity today. This review article discusses one way in which these problems are intertwined: economic development affects the environment. I synthesize recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616638
Much of what we know about the marginal effect of pollution on infant mortality is derived from developed country data …. However, given the lower levels of air pollution in developed countries, these estimates may not be externally valid to the … developing country context if there is a nonlinear dose relationship between pollution and mortality or if the costs of avoidance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460311
In a world where the prospects of a global agreement to control greenhouse gas emissions are bleak, the idea of using trade policy as an implicit regulation of foreign emission sources has gained many supporters in countries contemplating unilateral climate policies. Embodied carbon tariffs tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461282
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435098
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802476
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013479374
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012820167
We trace the linkages between the episodes of fiscal expansion and consolidation in 72 advanced and emerging and developing economies. The findings suggest that fiscal expansions are positively associated with economic growth, which in turn is positively linked with better sustainable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012794621