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use induces a pollution which is accentuated by the soil fragility. We show, at the steady state, that the environmental … tax induces a more conservative farmer behavior for soil, but in some cases it can exacerbate pollution. These effects can …
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For the past two decades, China has experienced strong, continuous economic growth. At the same time, the number of … motor vehicles in China has rapidly increased. As a direct result of such a phenomenon, China has been registering … significant increases in air pollution. In spite of recent advances in air pollution control, it remains a serious problem for …
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proxy of environmental policy stringency we use pollution abatement and control expenditures (PACE), which represent one of … appears to be unaffected by the degree of pollution control and abatement efforts. …
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This article examines the impact of environmental regulation within countries as well as regulatory distance between countries on international technology transfer. We employ a recently-assembled dataset of automobile emission standards and corresponding data on non-resident patent filing of...
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measures of California air pollution indicators, including CO, NO2, SO2, O3, PM10, and PM2.5 concentrations. We employ two … executive branches. In general, we do not find a consistent and statistically significant relationship between pollution …
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In this paper, we study a firm’s optimal lobby behavior and its effect on investment in pollution abatement capital. We … possible future increase in pollution tax. We show that when the firm lobbies against the scale of the tax increase at a …
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Approximately $30 billion (2000$) has been spent on Superfund clean-ups of hazardous waste sites, and remediation efforts are incomplete at roughly half of the 1,500 Superfund sites. This study estimates the effect of Superfund clean-ups on local housing price appreciation. We compare housing...
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The pollution haven hypothesis affirms that an open market regime will encourage the flow of low technology polluting …
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Although based on theoretical foundations, the pollution haven hypothesis has never been clearly proven empirically. In … part of the Commonwealth of Independent States countries. Finally, we show that the pollution haven hypothesis is confirmed …
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The iron and steel industry is one of the most carbon emitting and energy consuming sectors in Europe. At the same time this sector is of high economic importance for the European Union. Therefore, while public environmental and energy policies target this sector, there is political concern that...
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