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The Effects of Environmental Policy on the Performance of Environmental RIVs
Katsoulacos, Yannis - 1999
pollution are low. In this case RJVs fully share information and internalize the associated externality. However when the level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471483
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Environmental Liabilities, Creditors, and Corporate Pollution : Evidence from the Apex Oil Ruling
Chen, Jianqiang; Hsieh, Pei-Fang; Hsu, Po-Hsuan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
, and reduced corporate pollution among firms that (a) release the specific chemicals covered by Apex and (b) are close to … suggest that creditors rapidly responded to Apex and successfully induced firms to reduce pollution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938709
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From Green Users to Green Voters
Comin, Diego - 2013
We study the effect of the diffusion of photovoltaic (PV) systems on the fraction of votes obtained by the German Green Party in federal elections. Using both regional and household survey data, we show that households that adopted PV systems became more supportive of the Green Party. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459444
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The Kindergarten Rule of Sustainable Growth
Brock, William A. - 2003
The relationship between economic growth and the environment is not well understood: we have only limited understanding of the basic science involved and very limited data. Because of these difficulties it is especially important to develop a series of relatively simple theoretical models that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469101
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Trade and Environment Beyond Singapore
Whalley, John - 1996
This paper discusses the likely evolution of the trade and environment issue in the World Trade Organization after the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473066
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Sustainable Growth and the Green Golden Rule
Beltratti, Andrea - 1993
We study a growth model with an environmental asset which is a source of utility and an input to consumption and production. The stock of this asset follows its own ecological dynamics, which are affected by economic activity. We study the implications of an approach to ranking sequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474520
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Global Pricing of Carbon-Transition Risk
Bolton, Patrick; Kacperczyk, Marcin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Companies are exposed to carbon-transition risk as the global economy transitions away from fossil fuels to renewable energy. We estimate the market-based premium associated with this transition risk at the firm level in a cross-section of over 14,400 firms in 77 countries. We find a widespread...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482725
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Firm Commitments
Bolton, Patrick; Kacperczyk, Marcin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
A growing fraction of companies globally have made commitments to reduce their carbon emissions by a certain date. While the companies that make commitments subsequently reduce their emissions, the effect on overall emissions of companies (including those that do not commit) has been small; the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287345
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International Trade and the Environment : Three Remaining Empirical Challenges
Cherniwchan, Jevan M.; Taylor, Michael Scott - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Considerable progress has been made in our understanding of the relationship between international trade and the environment since Gene Grossman and Alan Krueger published their now seminal working paper examining the potential environmental effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210048
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Pollution Trends and US Environmental Policy : Lessons from the Last Half Century
Shapiro, Joseph S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
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 …
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