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The Economics of Residential Solid Waste Management

Kinnaman, Thomas C. - 1999

This paper provides a broad overview of recent trends in solid waste and recycling, related public policy issues, and … the economics literature devoted to these topics. Public attention to solid waste and recycling has increased dramatically … makers choose the efficient mix of policy levers to regulate solid waste and recycling activities. Economists have also …

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Economics of the Generation and Management of Municipal Solid Waste

Beede, David N. - 1995

This paper examines the generation and management of solid waste (MSW) through the lens of economics. We estimate that … the global burden of MSW amounted to 1.3 billion metric tons in 1990, or 0.67 kilograms of waste per person per day … disposing of MSW vary widely across countries in accord with the nature of the waste stream and key features of the …

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Energy and the Environment in Economic History

Clay, Karen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

waste, which had large mortality impacts, particularly in cities. This essay reviews long run trends in energy use and water …

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Energy Sector

Popp, David - 2020

Historically, innovation in the energy sector proceeded slowly and entrepreneurial start-up firms played a relatively minor role. We argue that this may be changing. Energy markets are going through a period of profound structural change. The rise of hydrofracturing lowered fossil fuel prices so...

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Robust Decarbonization of the US Power Sector : Policy Options

Stock, James H.; Stuart, Daniel N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

To reliably achieve deep decarbonization of the US power sector, a candidate policy must perform robustly across a range of possible future trajectories of demand, fossil fuel prices, and prices of new wind and solar capacity. Using a modified version of the NREL ReEDS model with scenarios that...

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Water Markets : Australia's Murray-Darling Basin and the US Southwest

Grafton, R. Quentin - 2010

Fresh water supplies increasingly are under stress in many parts of the world due to rising populations, higher per capita incomes and corresponding consumption, greater environmental concerns, and the effects of climate change. Water rights and markets are part of the institutional menus for...

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Technology, International Trade, and Pollution from U.S. Manufacturing

Levinson, Arik - 2007

Total pollution emitted by U.S. manufacturers declined over the past 30 years by about 60 percent, even though real manufacturing output increased 70 percent. This improvement must result from a combination of two trends: (1) changes in production or abatement processes ("technology"); or (2)...

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Designing Fuel-Economy Standards in Light of Electric Vehicles

Gillingham, Kenneth - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Electric vehicles are declining in cost so rapidly that they may claim a large share of the vehicle market by 2030. This paper examines a set of practical regulatory design considerations for fuel-economy standards or greenhouse gas standards in the context of highly uncertain electric vehicle...

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What's Missing in Environmental (Self-)Monitoring : Evidence from Strategic Shutdowns of Pollution Monitors

Mu, Yingfei; Rubin, Edward; Zou, Eric - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Regulators often rely on self-reported data to determine compliance. Tolerance for missingness in self-monitoring data may create incentives for local agents to strategically decide when (not) to monitor regulated activities. This paper builds a framework to detect whether local governments skip...

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Climate Policy Reform Options in 2025

Bistline, John; Clausing, Kimberly A.; Mehrotra, Neil; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

With the expiration of many tax cuts and unmet climate targets, 2025 could be a crucial year for climate policy in the United States. Using an integrated model of energy supply and demand, this paper aims to assess climate policies that the U.S. federal government may consider in 2025 and to...

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