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The Economics of Residential Solid Waste Management
Kinnaman, Thomas C. - 1999
This paper provides a broad overview of recent trends in solid waste and recycling, related public policy issues, and … the economics literature devoted to these topics. Public attention to solid waste and recycling has increased dramatically … makers choose the efficient mix of policy levers to regulate solid waste and recycling activities. Economists have also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471458
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Economics of the Generation and Management of Municipal Solid Waste
Beede, David N. - 1995
This paper examines the generation and management of solid waste (MSW) through the lens of economics. We estimate that … the global burden of MSW amounted to 1.3 billion metric tons in 1990, or 0.67 kilograms of waste per person per day … disposing of MSW vary widely across countries in accord with the nature of the waste stream and key features of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473770
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Energy and the Environment in Economic History
Clay, Karen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
waste, which had large mortality impacts, particularly in cities. This essay reviews long run trends in energy use and water …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322795
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Accelerating energy innovation : insights from multiple sectors
Henderson, Rebecca (ed.); Newell, Richard G. (contributor) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009237697
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Energy Sector
Popp, David - 2020
Historically, innovation in the energy sector proceeded slowly and entrepreneurial start-up firms played a relatively minor role. We argue that this may be changing. Energy markets are going through a period of profound structural change. The rise of hydrofracturing lowered fossil fuel prices so...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481728
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Robust Decarbonization of the US Power Sector : Policy Options
Stock, James H.; Stuart, Daniel N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
To reliably achieve deep decarbonization of the US power sector, a candidate policy must perform robustly across a range of possible future trajectories of demand, fossil fuel prices, and prices of new wind and solar capacity. Using a modified version of the NREL ReEDS model with scenarios that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510555
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Water Markets : Australia's Murray-Darling Basin and the US Southwest
Grafton, R. Quentin - 2010
Fresh water supplies increasingly are under stress in many parts of the world due to rising populations, higher per capita incomes and corresponding consumption, greater environmental concerns, and the effects of climate change. Water rights and markets are part of the institutional menus for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462853
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Technology, International Trade, and Pollution from U.S. Manufacturing
Levinson, Arik - 2007
Total pollution emitted by U.S. manufacturers declined over the past 30 years by about 60 percent, even though real manufacturing output increased 70 percent. This improvement must result from a combination of two trends: (1) changes in production or abatement processes ("technology"); or (2)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465023
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Designing Fuel-Economy Standards in Light of Electric Vehicles
Gillingham, Kenneth - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Electric vehicles are declining in cost so rapidly that they may claim a large share of the vehicle market by 2030. This paper examines a set of practical regulatory design considerations for fuel-economy standards or greenhouse gas standards in the context of highly uncertain electric vehicle...
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