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We conduct the first study on the impacts of prenatal exposure to a uniquely identified large polluter, a coal …
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. Using the example of coal-fired power plants, our numerical exercise examines the impacts of increasing a hypothetical …
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The introduction of the U.S. SO2 allowance-trading program to address the threat of acid rain as part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 is a landmark event in the history of environmental regulation. The program was a great success by almost all measures. This paper, which draws upon a...
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Intertemporal tradability allows an emissions market to reduce abatement costs. We study intertemporal trading of nitrogen oxides permits in the RECLAIM program in Southern California. A theoretical model captures the program's key intertemporal features: two overlapping permit cycles, two...
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Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 created a market for electric utility emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2). Recent papers have argued that flaws in the design of the auctions that are part of this market have adversely affected its performance. These papers incorrectly assume that...
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, switching to low- sulfur coal, or shifting output between generating plants with different emissions. The cost of achieving a …
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costs for non-NSPS (New Source Performance Standards) coal-fired Electricity Generating Units (EGUs) under the ARP with …
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Coal heating in residential homes is an important source of indoor air pollution, leading to detrimental health effects … electricity expenses; a Health SMS campaign, aimed at addressing the underestimation of health damage associated with coal heating … ineffective for households that underestimate the health damage of coal heating and even backfires for those who expressed little …
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There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in …
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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 …
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