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Resource Dependence, Recycling, and Trade
Egger, Peter H.; Keuschnigg, Christian - 2023
Recycling waste from used goods can substitute for scarce raw materials and reduce resource dependence. This paper … presents a model of waste collection, recycling and final goods production using raw and recycled materials. Non-recycled waste … must be safely stored by landfill to avoid environmental damage. The costs of waste disposal create externalities. An …
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The life satisfaction approach to environmental valuation
Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2009
In many countries environmental policies and regulations are implemented to improve environmental quality and thus individuals’ well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction Approach (LSA) representing a new non-market valuation...
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CCS - Failing to Pass Decision Gates
Emhjellen, Magne; Osmundsen, Petter - 2013
Socio-economic criteria for climate projects have been used in analysing the value of the climate benefit of a reduction in CO2. These reports are optimistic, yet CCS demonstration plants are not implemented as expected. Little attention has been devoted to profitability assessments based on...
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Market Power in Emission Permit Markets: Theory and Evidence
Hintermann, Beat - 2013
A well-known result about market power in emission permit markets is that efficiency can be achieved by full free allocation to the dominant firm. I show that this result breaks down when taking the interaction between input and output markets into account, even if the firm perceives market...
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Electoral Incentives and Firm Behavior: Evidence from U.S. Power Plant Pollution Abatement
Doyle, Matthew; Di Maria, Corrado; Lange, Ian A.; … - 2016
Researchers have utilized the fact that many states have term limits (as opposed to being eligible for re-election) for governors to determine how changes in electoral incentives alter state regulatory agency behavior. This paper asks whether these impacts spill over into private sector...
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East Side Story: Historical Pollution and Persistent Neighborhood Sorting
Heblich, Stephan; Trew, Alex; Zylberberg, Yanos - 2016
Why are the East sides of former industrial cities like London or New York poorer and more deprived? We argue that this observation is the most visible consequence of the historically unequal distribution of air pollutants across neighborhoods. In this paper, we geolocate nearly 5,000 industrial...
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Anticipated International Environmental Agreements
Acikgöz, Ömer T.; Benchekroun, Hassan - 2016
Consider a situation in which countries anticipate an international environmental agreement (IEA) to be in effect sometime in the future. What is the impact of the future IEA on current emissions after its announcement? We show that the answer to this question is ambiguous. We examine four types...
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Quiet Please! Adverse Effects of Noise on Child Development
Makles, Anna; Schneider, Kerstin - 2016
Noise pollution is detrimental to health and to cognitive development of children. This is not only true for extreme levels of noise in the neighborhood of an airport but also to traffic noise in urban areas. Using a census of preschool children, we show that children who are exposed to...
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Population density and urban air quality
Borck, Rainald; Schrauth, Philipp - 2019
We use panel data from Germany to analyze the effect of population density on urban air pollution (nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and ozone). To address unobserved heterogeneity and omitted variables, we present long difference/fixed effects estimates and instrumental variables estimates,...
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Coal Demand, Market Forces, and US Coal Mine Closures
Jordan, Brett; Lange, Ian A.; Linn, Joshua - 2018
Economic transitions have the potential to displace workers and cause social unrest. Coal mine closures in the eastern United States due to the changing electricity system and the resulting employment losses in rural areas have become salient issues for all levels of government. Previous...
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