Free trade often leads to resource depletion, such as deforestation in the tropics. This paper first presents a dynamic …

ecosystems. We summarize the state of knowledge about the impacts of protected area policies, with a focus on deforestation and …

reductions in external damages are health benefits, highlighting the importance of accounting for co-pollution impacts of carbon …

The paper studies the effect of public transport policies on urban pollution. It uses a quantitative equilibrium model … with residential choice and mode choice. Pollution comes from commuting and residential energy use. The model parameters … transport coupled with increasing transit speed affects the equilibrium. In the baseline simulation, total pollution falls by 0 …

regulated due to its historically large contribution to air and water pollution. Our paper contributes to the broader empirical … and enforcement. Our key findings are: (1) prudential regulation limits expansion of plants with high initial pollution …

We study optimal pollution abatement under a mixed oligopoly game when firms engage in emissions-reducing R&D that is … certain conditions, the optimal pollution tax is positive; otherwise, the tax reverts to a subsidy. Comparing mixed and …