This article proposes and evaluates four hypotheses about US pollution and environmental policy over the last half … century. First, air and water pollution have declined substantially, although greenhouse gas emissions have not. Second …, environmental policy explains a large share of these trends. Third, much of the regulation of air and drinking water pollution has …

quantifies the external costs of global fuel subsidies using the latest available data and estimates from the World Bank and …

, we provide causal evidence consistent with (i) using the entry of countries into the World Trade Organization as an …

We use new data on manufacturing in Canada to quantify the impact of globalization on the growth and composition of … controlling for these factors, we find that greater exposure to globalization shaped the pattern of regional industrialization in …

The financial crisis has re-ignited the fierce debate about the merits of financial globalization and its implications …

(1) The U.S. share of the world's science and engineering graduates is declining rapidly as European and Asian …