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Has the expansion in exports affected pollution and health outcomes across different prefectures in China in the two …) PollutionExportShock represents the pollution content of export expansion and is measured in pounds of pollutants per worker; (ii … the rest of the world. We find that the pollution content of export affected pollution and mortality. A one standard …
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China. Using precise measures of each worker's daily output linked to daily measures of pollution and meteorology, we find …We investigate the effect of pollution on worker productivity in the service sector by focusing on two call centers in … that higher levels of air pollution decrease worker productivity by reducing the number of calls that workers complete each …
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We study exposure to pollution information and investment portfolio allocations, exploiting the rollout of air quality … are negatively related to local air pollution after a monitoring station appears nearby, with particularly pronounced … effects on ``alert'' dates when air quality is listed as harmful to the general population. The effect of pollution …
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This paper examines unintended effects of air quality regulation on decisions of major polluters, using plant data for 1963 to 1992. A key regulatory tool since 1978 is the annual designation of county air quality attainment status, where non-attainment status triggers specific equipment...
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Over the past decade, concern over potential global warming has focused attention on the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and there is an active debate concerning the desirability of reducing emissions. At the heart of this debate is the future path of both greenhouse gas...
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added by Mexico's maquiladora sector. We investigate whether the size of pollution abatement costs in the U.S. industry … equilibrium model to study the likely compositional effect of a NAFTA on pollution in Mexico …
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We compare the spatial distribution of emissions from Southern California's pollution-trading program with that of a …
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During 2013-2014, China launched a nationwide, real-time air quality monitoring and disclosure program, a watershed … exploiting its staggered implementation across cities. The program has transformed the landscape of China's environmental … protection, substantially expanded public access to pollution information, and dramatically increased households' awareness about …
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Influenza and air pollution are significant public health risks with large economic consequences shared across the … interacting externalities. Using regional and temporal variation in pollution and disease transmission, we find exposure to more … air pollution significantly increases influenza hospitalizations. By exploiting the random deviations in influenza vaccine …
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Do US air pollution offset markets disproportionately relocate pollution to or from low-income or minority communities … plants. We find little association of offset prices or offset-induced movements in pollution with the share of a community …
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