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Stringent regulation for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions will impose different costs across geographical regions. Low-carbon, environmentalist states, such as California, would bear less of the incidence of such regulation than high-carbon Midwestern states. Such anticipated costs are likely...
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, then the average household carbon footprint would be lower. Such households would consume less electricity and this power … household driving, public transit use and residential electricity consumption to provide evidence in support of the claim of a … negative association between center city living and a household's carbon footprint …
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detected by high-resolution satellites in China during 2005 to 2011, this paper investigates the impacts of fires on cognitive …
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This paper examines the effect of stringent environmental regulations on firms' environmental practices, economic performance, and environmental innovation. Reducing COD levels by 10% relative to 2005 levels is an aim of the Chinese 11th Five-Year Plan. Using a difference-in-differences...
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are borne by downstream neighbors. This paper exploits a natural experiment set in China in which the central government …
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China's extremely high levels of urban air, water and greenhouse gas emissions levels pose local and global … environmental challenges. China's urban leaders have substantial influence and discretion over the evolution of economic activity … government and the public are placing pressure on China's urban leaders to mitigate externalities. Such "pro-green" incentives …
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China's environmental regulators have sought to reduce the Yangtze River's water pollution. We document that this …
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(ECI) in China, which establishes side payments between upstream and downstream provinces along the same river. The program …
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