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with congestion and pollution, as well as the impact of underpriced energy for depletion of scarce water resources … external costs of energy subsidies, as manifested in congestion and pollution. The estimates using simulations indicate that …
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Environmental concern in developing countries has risen rapidly over the past decade. At the same time, decentralization and civic participation in environmental policy-making have also burgeoned. This paper uses data from the Brazilian Municipal Environmental Survey 2001 to examine the causal...
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This paper contributes to the debate on the existence of pollution haven effects by systematically measuring the … pollution content of trade (measured by the pollution content of imports, PCI) and decomposing it into three components-a "deep … pollution haven effect which increases the PCI of the North because of stricter environmental regulations in the North. At the …
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One key contentious issue in climate change negotiations is the huge difference in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita between more advanced industrialized countries and other nations. This paper analyzes the costs of reducing this gap. Simulations using a global computable general...
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prediction of the model, in particular for air pollution policies. The authors also find that the effect of decentralization …
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By reducing the costs of environmental protection, technological change is important for promoting green growth. This entails both the creation of new technologies and more widespread deployment of existing green technologies. This paper reviews the literature on environmentally friendly...
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This paper studies the growth effects of externalities associated with intergenerational health transmission, health …
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account for broader societal costs of traffic congestion and accidents, and local and global pollution. A $2.20 per gallon …-mile tolls could target congestion and accident externalities more efficiently than fuel taxes, although they are not practical … at present. A combination of $0.80 per gallon gasoline tax to address pollution (versus $2.20 without tolls), and $0 …
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The authors use survey data from Bangladesh to present empirical evidence on externalities at household level sales …
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Part 1 of the paper reviews recent trends in fossil fuel use and associated externalities. It also argues that the …. The results suggest that energy externalities are likely to worsen significantly if there is no shift in China's and India …
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