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level and try to raise it, which will cause an increase in pollution. The model is particularly relevant for the study of … conspicuous consumption which generally is subject to concentrated advertising efforts while it generates considerable pollution … derive optimal rules for a pollution tax, a subsidy or tax on advertising, and information provision by the government. The …
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pollution. We develop a simple overlapping generations model with paternalistic altruism according to wealth and environmental … concerns. One can therefore explain a simultaneous increase in capital intensity, population growth and pollution, namely a … capital intensity, population growth and pollution. …
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Over time, inspection agencies gather information about firms’ pollution levels and this information may allow agencies …
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This paper examines the role played by community characteristics in influencing local exposure to toxic releases, focusing specifically on ethnic fractionalization and polarisation. In contrast to the previous literature, this study argues that it is the fractionalization and/or polarisation of...
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We analyze the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) as a regulatory tool using biofuel regulations as an illustrative example. A regulatory context calls for a consequential LCA (CLCA) of a policy as opposed to an attributional LCA (ALCA) of a product. In performing CLCA, issues of scale, price...
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(final good) is not. Pollution is regulated by tradable emission permits. The issue is to see whether the optimal growth path … can be replicated in equilibrium with pollution permits, given that some permits must be issued free of charge for the …
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In this paper, I argue the compositional shift from agricultural to industrial production – industrialization – is a central determinant of changes in environmental quality as economies develop. I develop a simple two-sector model of neoclassical growth and the environment in a small open...
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environmental injustice, such analyses may help us to rethink the assumption that there is a tradeoff between income and pollution. …
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