Between 1990 and 2008, air pollution emissions from U.S. manufacturing fell by 60 percent despite a substantial … suggest that the implicit pollution tax that manufacturers face doubled between 1990 and 2008. These changes in environmental … regulation, rather than changes in productivity and trade, account for most of the emissions reductions …

indicates that strengthening a country's institutions decreases its pollution through relocating dirty industries abroad, though … increases pollution in other countries. Fifth, cross-country differences in the composition of output between clean and dirty … countries have relatively high pollution levels …

too large, increase the size of Europe's economy by concentrating economic activity in its high-productivity non …

heterogeneous productivity, demanding labor, dirty natural resources, and intermediate goods from all industries. Second, we …

What is a feasible and efficient policy to regulate air pollution from vehicles? A Pigouvian tax is technologically … infeasible. Most countries instead rely on exhaust standards that limit air pollution emissions per mile for new vehicles. We … transportation, and counterfactual policies. We show that the air pollution emissions per mile of new US vehicles has fallen …