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Voluntary environmental management programs for firms have become an increasingly popular instrument of environmental policy. However, the literature’s conclusion on the effectiveness of such programs is ambiguous, and for the European region there is a lack of evidence based on a large...
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Much of the potential impact of environmental policy is though to come from the incentives it gives firms to develop and introduce new environmental products and processes. Almost all the literature on this issue has focused on the impact of environmental policy on the amount environmental R&D...
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The decade from 2010 to 2019 marked a significant turning point in China's history of environmental regulation and pollution. This article describes the recent trends in air and water quality, with a focus on the five years since China declared a "war on pollution" in 2014. It summarizes the...
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How should international economic policy address climate change? Does trade cause deforestation and endangered species depletion? How does globalization affect air and water pollution? Do trade and investment create a race to the bottom in environmental policy? How important are environmental...
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We study how environmentally-inclined politicians (EIPs), i.e., politicians with prior environment-related working experience, affect local environmental performance in China. Firms located in cities with EIPs have lower levels of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions. The effect is attenuated when the...
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unilateral climate policies for the U.S. and EU economies. We conclude in these instances that complex optimal emission price …
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differences between Germany and other EU countries which affect the shadow price of carbon emissions. We calibrate a Melitz … how regulatory stringency evolved in the EU and Germany in terms of an implicit carbon price paid on emissions. This price … – both in Germany and other EU countries. The trend is more pronounced in Germany than in the rest of the EU. In …
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cause Brazil's agricultural area to expand by 27%, but this expansion can be avoided if the EU and the US offer a CTA …
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