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level and try to raise it, which will cause an increase in pollution. The model is particularly relevant for the study of … conspicuous consumption which generally is subject to concentrated advertising efforts while it generates considerable pollution … derive optimal rules for a pollution tax, a subsidy or tax on advertising, and information provision by the government. The …
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Kilauea volcano is the largest stationary source of SO2 pollution in the United States of America. Moreover, the SO2 … pollution variation to estimate the impact of particulate matter and SO2 on emergency room admissions and costs in the state of … evidence that particulate pollution increases pulmonary-related hospitalization. Specifically, a one standard deviation …
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water quality. Pollution may rise with growth, because an increased scale of economic activity means more emissions, ceteris … pollution there is no evidence at all that a turning point has yet been reached. The paper goes on to discuss the economic …
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This paper examines the role played by community characteristics in influencing local exposure to toxic releases, focusing specifically on ethnic fractionalization and polarisation. In contrast to the previous literature, this study argues that it is the fractionalization and/or polarisation of...
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We analyze the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) as a regulatory tool using biofuel regulations as an illustrative example. A regulatory context calls for a consequential LCA (CLCA) of a policy as opposed to an attributional LCA (ALCA) of a product. In performing CLCA, issues of scale, price...
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(final good) is not. Pollution is regulated by tradable emission permits. The issue is to see whether the optimal growth path … can be replicated in equilibrium with pollution permits, given that some permits must be issued free of charge for the …
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environmental injustice, such analyses may help us to rethink the assumption that there is a tradeoff between income and pollution. …
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current agreement on uniform reductions from 1980 levels is inefficient and costly. The evidence suggests that SO2 pollution …
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Widespread concern has been expressed that the costs of reducing environmental pollution in Eastern Europe will divert …
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reduce the number of severe road traffic accidents, carbon monoxide, nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide pollution and infant …
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