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Vog: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Health Costs of Particulates and SO2

De Paula, Áureo; Halliday, Timothy J.; Lynham, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

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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Pollution and Growth: What Do We Know?

Grossman, Gene - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

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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Testing for Granger causality between energy use and foreign direct investment Inflows in developing countries

Hassaballa, Hoda - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 31 (2014) C, pp. 417-426

Foreign direct investment inflows (FDI) and emissions exhibit a two way relationship. In particular, this research studies the relationship between FDI inflows and emissions from energy use in developing countries. This is done through conducting a Granger causality test on the direction of the...

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The role of non-thermal plasma technique in NOx treatment: A review

Talebizadeh, P.; Babaie, M.; Brown, R.; Rahimzadeh, H.; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 40 (2014) C, pp. 886-901

Non-thermal plasma (NTP) has been introduced over the past several years as a promising method for nitrogen oxide (NOx) removal. The intent, when using NTP, is to selectively transfer input electrical energy to the electrons, and to not expend this in heating the entire gas stream, which...

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Acid Rain

Newbery, David M G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

current agreement on uniform reductions from 1980 levels is inefficient and costly. The evidence suggests that SO2 pollution …

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Are the Costs of Cleaning Up Eastern Europe Exaggerated? Economic Reform and the Environment

Hughes, Gordon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

Widespread concern has been expressed that the costs of reducing environmental pollution in Eastern Europe will divert …

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Does Supporting Passenger Railways Reduce Road Traffic Externalities?

Lalive, Rafael; Luechinger, Simon; Schmutzler, Armin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

reduce the number of severe road traffic accidents, carbon monoxide, nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide pollution and infant …

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International tourism, energy consumption, and environmental pollution: The case of Turkey

Katircioglu, Salih Turan - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 36 (2014) C, pp. 180-187

This study investigates the long-run equilibrium relationship between tourism, energy consumption, and environmental degradation as proxied by carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Turkey, which attracts more than 30 million tourists per year, making it the sixth most visited country in the world....

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Environmental Impacts of a North American Free Trade Agreement

Grossman, Gene; Krueger, Alan B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

. We investigate whether the size of pollution abatement costs in US industry influences the pattern of international trade … effect of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on pollution in Mexico. …

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