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The Conflict Over Environmental Regulation in the United States : Origins, Outcomes, and Comparisons With the EU and Other Regions
Manheim, Frank T. (contributor) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521083
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Innovation, Employment and Growth Policy Issues in the EU and the US
Welfens, Paul J. J. (contributor);  … - 2009
The EU and the U.S. confront distinct factor market dynamics and common policy challenges. Labor market developments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521217
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The Quality of Our Financial Markets : Taking Stock of Where We Stand
Schwartz, Robert A. - 2013
Quality of Our Financial Markets -- High Frequency Trading: Friend or Foe? -- Mid-Day Address -- May 6: Lessons Learned … that mean that market quality has improved? That is the key question addressed in this book, titled after the Baruch … College Conference, The Quality of Our Financial Markets: Taking Stock of Where We Stand. Featuring contributions from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016378
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The Design and Implementation of U.S. Climate Policy : An Introduction
Fullerton, Don - 2011
While economic models have already proven useful to analyze big picture questions about climate policy such as the choice between a carbon tax or cap-and-trade permit system, the 19 chapters in this book show how economic models also are useful to address the many remaining smaller questions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119609
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The Effects of Environmental Regulation on the Competitiveness of U.S. Manufacturing
Greenstone, Michael - 2014
1972-1993 Annual Survey of Manufactures, we estimate the effects of air quality regulations on manufacturing plants' total … factor productivity (TFP) levels. We find that among surviving polluting plants, stricter air quality regulations are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065447
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Estimating the Social Cost of Carbon for Use in U.S. Federal Rulemakings : A Summary and Interpretation
Greenstone, Michael - 2014
The United States Government recently concluded a year-long process to develop a range of values representing the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, commonly referred to as the social cost of carbon (SCC). These values are currently used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068337
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Assessment of U.S. Cap-and-Trade Proposals
Paltsev, Sergey - 2010
The MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis model is applied to synthetic policies that match key attributes of a set of cap-and-trade proposals being considered by the U.S. Congress in spring 2007. The bills fall into two groups: one specifies emissions reductions of 50% to 80% below 1990...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760046
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The Future of U.S. Carbon-Pricing Policy
Stavins, Robert - 2019
There is widespread agreement among economists – and a diverse set of other policy analysts – that at least in the long run, an economy-wide carbon pricing system will be an essential element of any national policy that can achieve meaningful reductions of CO2 emissions cost-effectively in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012869217
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Policy-Instrument Choice and Benefit Estimates for Climate-Change Policy in the United States
Kotchen, Matthew J.; Boyle, Kevin J; Leiserowitz, Anthony - 2021
This paper provides the first willingness-to-pay (WTP) estimates in support of a national climate-change policy that are comparable with the costs of actual legislative efforts in the U.S. Congress. Based on a survey of 2,034 American adults, we find that households are, on average, willing to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225014
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Exploring Links between Innovation and Diffusion : Adoption of Nox Control Technologies at U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants
Popp, David - 2021
While many studies have looked at innovation and adoption of technologies separately, the two processes are linked. Advances (and expected advances) in a single technology should affect both its adoption rate and the adoption of alternative technologies. Moreover, advances made abroad may affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013247437