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We examine whether the use of the environment, proxied by CO2 emissions, as a factor of production contributes, in addition to conventional factors of production to output growth, and thus it should be accounted for in total factor productivity growth (TFPG) measurement and deducted from the...
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can establish the overall pollution-reduction goal for a cap-and-trade system by setting the cap, and leave it up to the …
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This paper presents a novel way to disentangle inequality aversion over time from inequality aversion between regions in the computation of the Social Cost of Carbon. Our approach nests a standard efficiency based Social Cost of Carbon estimate and an equity weighted Social Cost of Carbon...
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The success of the Montreal Protocol in comparison to the stagnation seen in negotiations surrounding the Kyoto Protocol highlights the importance of a supportive industry group, pre-existing legislation and commitment by a lead nation, affordable and available substitutes, as well as acceptance...
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In this review we synthetize the existing contributions that use econometric approaches to examine the influence of institutions and governance on environmental policy, environmental outcomes, and investments. The paper describes how the relationship between institutions and various response...
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This paper tackles the 'pollution haven' argument by estimating the pollution content of imports (PCI). The PCI is then … endowment component and a 'pollution haven' component reflecting the impact of differences in environmental policies. The …. Decompositions based on cross-section econometric estimates suggest a significant pollution haven effect which increases the PCI of …
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The empirical finding of an inverse U-shaped relationship between per capita income and pollution, the so …
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The analysis finds that in addition to U-shaped paths of environmental quality arising for growth in income per capita, growth in population can also produce socially efficient patterns that are U-shaped. Sufficient conditions for both types of paths are identified for a range of models and...
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relies on the link between pollution, health and the survival probability, in an overlapping generations model à la Blanchard … effect on growth in the steady-state when the detrimental impact of pollution on health and lifetime is taken into account … of environmental taxes) when public expenditures in health and/or the impact of pollution on health are important …
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