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types, and they cause adverse health impacts due to indoor air pollution. Within the households that use biomass fuels …
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pollution intensity coefficients associated to production activities, environmental effects were estimated for the whole country … pollution and water and energy use levels per unit of output produced. …
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consequence of pollution through field studies and quantitative analysis. It is now accepted that the benefit from … industrialisation in a region needs to be examined against the perceived costs of increasing pollution and has to be carefully studied … methods, it is inferred from the study that the residents are quite aware of the problems caused by pollution from the present …
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another division of the formal sector, which generates less pollution than the informal sector since the former uses a … in the formal sector may accentuate pollution, even if it involves transfer of EST. Secondly, there might exist a … positive relationship between pollution and national income in the economy both in the presence and absence of transfer of EST …
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. These problems are the result, among other factors, of the strong air pollution by the motorbike transport sector. This … study, while considering health expenditures due to air pollution, uses a general equilibrium model and an optimal model of …
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Water pollution is a chronic crisis in Sudan that is rarely researched. However, it is combined with scarcity, disputes … and uncertainty. In The current paper we introduce its concepts with emphasis on the growing problems of pollution … combined with scarcity. A Case study of the growing problem of pollution is introduced and analyzed using economic parameters. …
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This paper explores empirically the impact of enforcement efforts on environmental compliance, focusing on the role of regulator reputation spillover effects. We find that, on the margin, the impact of a fine for water pollutant violations is about a two-thirds reduction in the statewide...
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This study empirically investigates the causal relationship between mineral exploration and environmental pollution in …, environmental pollution and foreign direct investment are statistically linked. The regression on the ordinary least square … the environmental pollution in Nigeria. The study finds a long-run uni-directional causal relationship flowing from …
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In this study, a basic comparison between the Pigouvian and the Coasean approaches is carried out in order to discuss and comment on the mechanisms by which externalities are resolved. Environmental control approaches are examined and compared in terms of minimization of abatement costs,...
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The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis asserts that pollution levels rises as a country develops, but reaches … a certain threshold where pollution begins to fall with increasing income. In EKC analysis, the relationship between … pollution level. The study seeks to examine the pattern and nature of EKC in Africa and major income groups according to World …
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