, switching to low- sulfur coal, or shifting output between generating plants with different emissions. The cost of achieving a …

This paper evaluates changes in fuel procurement practices by coal- and gas-fired power plants in the United States … plants substantially reduce the price paid for coal (but not gas), and tend to employ less capital-intensive sulfur abatement … more productive coal mines. I show how these results lend support to theories of asymmetric information, capital bias, and …

combines plant-level data on U.S. coal-fired electric power plants with patent data pertaining to NOx pollution control …

We conduct the first study on the impacts of prenatal exposure to a uniquely identified large polluter, a coal …

advantage of coal-fired power plants. The shale revolution has resulted in unprecedented variation in natural gas prices that we …

) environmental regulations. We compare the impacts of these regulations with the impact of changes in coal prices on establishment …-level pollution abatement, coal consumption, and productivity growth. We find that higher coal prices reduced coal use within … establishments, with price elasticities similar to those found in the US. In addition, higher coal prices are associated with lower …