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This paper discusses the likely evolution of the trade and environment issue in the World Trade Organization after the upcoming ministerial meeting in Singapore this December. It makes a number of points. Progress within the GATT/WTO on this issue looks likely to be slow and painfully...
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Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and … infant mortality from a developing country, the paper examines the effectiveness of India's environmental regulations. The … air pollution regulations were effective at reducing ambient concentrations of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and …
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We study exposure to pollution information and investment portfolio allocations, exploiting the rollout of air quality … monitoring stations in India. Using a triple-differences framework, we show that retail investors' investments in "brown" stocks … are negatively related to local air pollution after a monitoring station appears nearby, with particularly pronounced …
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Standard measures of productivity display enormous dispersion across farms in Africa. Crop yields and input intensities appear to vary greatly, seemingly in conflict with a model of efficient allocation across farms. In this paper, we present a theoretical framework for distinguishing between...
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We show that foreign capital liberalization reduces capital misallocation and increases aggregate productivity in India …
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using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference …
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We exploit substantial variation in land-market institutions across Indian states and detailed micro household-level panel data to assess the effect of distortions in land rental markets on agricultural productivity. We provide empirical evidence that states with more rental-market activity...
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value of family labor, 20% below their outside option in non-agriculture …
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scales. Using data from the India ICRISAT VLS panel survey we find evidence consistent with these conditions, suggesting that …
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India started the implementation of a rural public works program in 2006, covering all districts of the country within …
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