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efforts in regulating power plant emissions, our study is aimed at broadening the scope of cross-border pollution analysis by …
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In our analytical general equilibrium model where two polluting inputs can be substitutes or complements in production, we study the effects of a tax on one pollutant in two cases: one where both pollutants face taxes and the second where the other pollutant is subject to a permit policy. In...
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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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Electric utilities can reduce sulfur dioxide emissions through a variety of strategies such as adding scrubbers, switching to low- sulfur coal, or shifting output between generating plants with different emissions. The cost of achieving a given emission target can be minimized using a market for...
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This study quantifies the cost savings from the Acid Rain Program (ARP) compared with a command-and-control alternative and also examines the impact of trading under the ARP on health damages. To quantify cost savings, we compare compliance costs for non-NSPS (New Source Performance Standards)...
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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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To prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games, China adopted a number of radical measures to improve air quality. Using … officially reported air pollution index (API) from 2000 to 2009, we show that these measures improved the API of Beijing during …
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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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exists an evident heterogeneous effect across industries with different pollution intensities. Stricter environmental …
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