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Environmental Investment and Policy with Distortionary Taxes and Endogenous Growth

Fullerton, Don; Kim, Seung-Rae - 2021

Recent studies consider public R&D spending that affects abatement knowledge and endogenous growth, distortionary taxes that affect physical and human capital formation, pollution taxes that affect environmental degradation, and regeneration that restores natural capital. Our model combines all...

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Are Resettled Oustees from the Sardar Sarovar Dam Project Better Off Today than Their Former Neighbors Who Were Not Ousted?

Aiyar, Swaminathan - 2018

The Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat is arguably the most controversial dam ever built in India, with over a 100 … to the dam from influential NGOs, there is no systematic empirical study of its effects on the long-term wellbeing of the … ousted families. Our study investigates: Are resettled oustees from the Sardar Sarovar Dam project better off in 2017 …

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Dams

Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - 2022

dam is built, agricultural production does not increase but poverty does. In contrast, districts located downstream from … the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our … estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional …

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Gender Differences in Preferences, Intra-Household Externalities, and Low Demand for Improved Cookstoves

Miller, Grant - 2013

This paper examines whether an intra-household externality prevents adoption of a technology with substantial implications for population health and the environment: improved cookstoves. Motivated by a model of intra-household decision-making, the experiment markets stoves to husbands or wives...

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Fasting During Pregnancy and Children's Academic Performance

Almond, Douglas - 2012

We consider the effects of daytime fasting by pregnant women during the lunar month of Ramadan on their children's test scores at age seven. Using English register data, we find that scores are .05 to .08 standard deviations lower for Pakistani and Bangladeshi students exposed to Ramadan in...

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Credit Rationing and Pass-Through in Supply Chains : Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh

Emran, Shahe - 2020

wholesale prices, and effects of regulations of intermediaries. To test these we study the effects of a policy in Bangladesh …

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Firm Level Heterogeneous Productivity and Demand Shocks : Evidence from Bangladesh

Kee, Hiau Looi - 2008

This paper looks at the predictions of a standard heterogeneous firm model regarding the exports of firms across markets in response to a particular trade policy quot;experimentquot; and compares these predictions to the data. A unique feature of our data is that it has information on the...

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