Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and … air pollution regulations were effective at reducing ambient concentrations of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and … nitrogen dioxide. The most successful air pollution regulation is associated with a modest and statistically insignificant …

the country level with data on pollution intensity at the industry level to show that countries with laxer environmental …. We propose an instrument for environmental regulation based on meteorological determinants of pollution dispersion identi …...ed by the atmospheric pollution literature. We find that the effect of environmental regulation on the pattern of trade is …

pollution issues. Based on a principal-agent framework, we present evidence consistent with the hypothesis that both the central …

Public policies for pollution control, including climate change policies, sometimes allow polluters in one sector … subject to an emissions cap to offset excessive emissions in that sector with pollution abatement in another sector. The … allowing offsets may increase pollution abatement and reduce illegal pollution, even if the government has a fixed enforcement …

technologies which reduce the cost of pollution abatement. The innovating firm can patent this innovation and use a licensing fee … a pollution tax or a marketable permit. However, the returns to the innovator from innovation are not the same under the …

to environmentally sensitive industries increases output and pollution emissions. We examine the environmental effects of … pollution emissions if resources are moved to an industry for which emissions intensity is high enough to overcome the reduction …

China's environmental regulators have sought to reduce the Yangtze River's water pollution. We document that this …, the regulation has focused on reducing one dimension of water pollution called chemical oxygen demand (COD). Thus, local …

measures of air pollution such as SO2 concentrations. Perceptions that WTO panel rulings have interfered with the ability of …