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account that energy taxes are a political hot button in the United States, and also considering some evidence that consumers …
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provides an evaluation of how the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities program affects household decisions to voluntarily … purchase "green" electricity, which is electricity generated from renewable sources of energy. The results suggest that, within … increases the number of household purchases by 35 percent. The Clean Energy Communities program thus demonstrates how mostly …
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agricultural activity and unexpected social costs. We simulate the 2022 Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and find that energy …
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A key problem with solar energy is intermittency: solar generators only produce when the sun is shining. This adds to … develop a method to quantify the economic value of large-scale renewable energy. We estimate the model for southeastern …
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Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and infant mortality from a developing country, the paper examines the effectiveness of India's environmental regulations. The air pollution regulations were effective at reducing...
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We re-evaluate two forms of fiscal illusion in local public finance: debt illusion and renter illusion. The Ricardian Equivalence Theorem for local governments suggests the form of finance of a public program (tax or debt finance) has no effects on substantive outcomes. For the local case, this...
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Leveraged cofinancing from public and private sources has emerged as a policy priority among international environment … cofinancing for accomplishing environment and development goals. This paper contributes to the literature with a focus on three … rather than public agencies or non-governmental organizations? (3) Does greater cofinancing result in better environment and …
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Does the impact of environmental regulation differ by plant vintage and technology? We answer this question using annual Census Bureau information on 116 pulp and paper mills' vintage, technology, productivity, and pollution abatement operating costs for 1979-1990. We find a significant negative...
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What is the effect of trade on a country's environment, for a given level of GDP? Some have observed an apparent … evidence that trade has the detrimental effect on the environment that the race-to-the-bottom theory would lead one to expect … says that growth harms the environment at low levels of income and helps at high levels, and to support the proposition …
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We extend an analytical general equilibrium model of environmental policy with pre-existing labor tax distortions to include pre-existing monopoly power as well. We show that the existence of monopoly power has two offsetting effects on welfare. First, the environmental policy reduces monopoly...
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