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International Innovation and Diffusion of Air Pollution Control Technologies : The Effects of NOX and SO2 Regulation in the US, Japan, and Germany
Popp, David - 2004
Using patent data from the United States, Japan, and Germany, this paper examines both the innovation and diffusion of air pollution control equipment. Whereas the United States was an early adopter of stringent sulfur dioxide (SO2) standards, both Japan and Germany introduced stringent nitrogen...
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Economic Geography and the Efficiency of Environmental Regulation
Hollingsworth, Alex; Jaworski, Taylor; Kitchens, Carl T.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We develop a spatial equilibrium model to evaluate the efficiency and distributional impacts of the leading air quality regulation in the United States: the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). We link our economic model to an integrated assessment model for air pollutants which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172144
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Co-Benefits and Regulatory Impact Analysis : Theory and Evidence from Federal Air Quality Regulations
Aldy, Joseph E. - 2020
This paper considers the treatment of co-benefits in benefit-cost analysis of federal air quality regulations. Using a comprehensive data set on all major Clean Air Act rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency over the period 1997-2019, we show that (1) co-benefits make up a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481456
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Geographic and Socioeconomic Heterogeneity in the Benefits of Reducing Air Pollution in the United States
Deryugina, Tatyana - 2020
Policies aimed at reducing the harmful effects of air pollution exposure typically focus on areas with high levels of pollution. However, if a population's vulnerability to air pollution is imperfectly correlated with current pollution levels, then this approach to air quality regulation may not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481552
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Time is of the Essence : Climate Adaptation Induced by Existing Institutions
Bento, Antonio; Miller, Noah S.; Mookerjee, Mehreen; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
In the absence of first-best climate policy, we demonstrate that existing government institutions and policy established for reasons unrelated to climate change may induce climate adaptation. We examine the impact of temperature on ambient ozone concentration in the United States from 1980-2013,...
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Uncharted Waters : Effects of Maritime Emission Regulation
Hansen-Lewis, Jamie; Marcus, Michelle M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Maritime shipping emits as much fine particulate matter as half of global road traffic. We are the first to measure the consequences of US maritime emissions standards on air quality, human health, racial exposure disparities, and behavior. The introduction of US maritime emissions control areas...
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The Impact of the Clean Air Act on Particulate Matter in the 1970s
Cropper, Maureen L.; Muller, Nicholas Z.; Park, Yongjoon; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We examine whether counties designated as out of attainment with the NAAQS under the 1970 CAA experienced larger reductions in TSP during the 1970s than attainment counties. We answer this question using the official designation of nonattainment status which, between 1972 and 1978, was by Air...
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The Long-run Effect of Air Pollution on Survival
Deryugina, Tatyana; Reif, Julian - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Many environmental hazards produce health effects that take years to arise, but quasi-experimental studies typically measure outcomes and treatment over short time periods. We develop a new approach to overcome this challenge and use it to gauge the effect of exposure to air pollution on US life...
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Indirect Effects of Access to Finance
Cai, Jing; Szeidl, Adam - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We created experimental variation across local markets in China in the share of firms having access to a new loan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172113
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Precautionary Saving of Chinese and U.S. Households
Choi, Horag - 2014
We employ a model of precautionary saving to study why household saving rates are so high in China and so low in the US … components. This decomposition indicates that over 80 percent of China's saving rate and nearly all of the US saving arises from … the precautionary motive. The difference in the income growth rate between China and the US is vastly more important for …
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