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Be Cautious with the Precautionary Principle : Evidence from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident

Neidell, Matthew - 2019

This paper provides a large scale, empirical evaluation of unintended effects from invoking the precautionary principle after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. After the accident, all nuclear power stations ceased operation and nuclear power was replaced by fossil fuels, causing an...

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The Value of Transmission in Electricity Markets : Evidence from a Nuclear Power Plant Closure

Davis, Lucas - 2014

Reliable estimates of the value of electricity transmission are critical if these heavily-regulated investments are to be made cost-effectively. In this paper, we exploit the abrupt closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in February 2012. During the previous decade, SONGS...

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Deregulation, Consolidation, and Efficiency : Evidence from U.S. Nuclear Power

Davis, Lucas W. - 2011

For the first four decades of its existence the U.S. nuclear power industry was run by regulated utilities, with most companies owning only one or two reactors. Beginning in the late 1990s electricity markets in many states were deregulated and almost half of the nation's 103 reactors were sold...

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Prices and Supply Disruptions during Natural Disasters

Cavallo, Alberto - 2013

product availability. The number of goods available for sale fell 32% in Chile and 17% in Japan from the day of the disaster … 2010 earthquake in Chile and the 2011 earthquake in Japan. In both cases there was an immediate and persistent effect on … Chile are consistent with pricing models where retailers have fear of "customer anger". In Japan, by contrast, the evidence …

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What Would it Take to Reduce US Greenhouse Gas Emissions 80% by 2050?

Heal, Geoffrey - 2016

I investigate the cost and feasibility of reducing US GHG emissions by 80% from 2005 levels by 2050. The US has stated in its Paris COP 21 submission that this is its aspiration. I suggest that this goal can be reached at a cost in the range of $37 to $135 bn/year. I assume that the goal is to...

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The Private and External Costs of Germany's Nuclear Phase-Out

Jarvis, Stephen - 2019

Many countries have phased out nuclear electricity production in response to concerns about nuclear waste and the risk of nuclear accidents. This paper examines the impact of the shutdown of roughly half of the nuclear production capacity in Germany after the Fukushima accident in 2011. We use...

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Chernobyl's Subclinical Legacy : Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden

Almond, Douglas - 2007

Japanese atomic bomb survivors irradiated 8-25 weeks after ovulation subsequently suffered reduced IQ [Otake and Schull, 1998]. Whether these findings generalize to low doses (less than 10 mGy) has not been established. This paper exploits the natural experiment generated by the Chernobyl...

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Do Politicians Change Public Attitudes?

Carlsson, Magnus - 2015

A large theoretical and empirical literature explores whether politicians and political parties change their policy positions in response to voters' preferences. This paper asks the opposite question: do political parties affect public attitudes on important policy issues? Problems of reverse...

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Prospects for Nuclear Power

Davis, Lucas W. - 2011

The prospects for a revival of nuclear power were dim even before the partial reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant. Nuclear power has long been controversial because of concerns about nuclear accidents, proliferation risk, and the storage of spent fuel. These concerns are real and...

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Forest Fires : Why The Large Year-to-Year Variation in Forests Burned?

Apt, Jerome; Epple, Dennis N.; Sowell, Fallaw - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Quantifying factors giving rise to temporal variation in forest fires is important for advancing scientific understanding and improving fire prevention. We demonstrate that eighty percent of the large year-to-year variation in forest area burned in California can be accounted for by variation in...

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