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In this review we synthetize the existing contributions that use econometric approaches to examine the influence of institutions and governance on environmental policy, environmental outcomes, and investments. The paper describes how the relationship between institutions and various response...
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the pollution variation among municipalities within the same province, the per capita income level of municipalities …
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Water pollution in the Venice Lagoon and its catchment is a main environmental issue. In Italy public funds are made … location of pollution control initiatives.In a second step the choice among alternative projects within the chosen area was …
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recurrently found to face increased pollution (in particular CO2 emissions) due to direct scale-composition effects of trade in … EGs, the EGs’ net exporters are more likely to see their local pollution to decrease, in particular thanks to income …
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scale of economic activity and the level of pollution. In particular, if we concentrate on local pollutants several … empirical studies have identified a bell shaped curve linking pollution to per capita GDP (in the case of global pollutants like … across pollutants) the turning point pollution starts to decline as income further increases. In analogy with the historic …
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The paper investigates the relationship between environmental participation and littering. Previous empirical work in the area of littering is scarce as is evidence regarding the determinants of littering behavior. We address these deficiencies, demonstrating a strong empirical link between...
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monitoring ambient pollution is low enough, the optimal inspection policy consists in imposing the maximal possible fine, and … mixing between observing ambient pollution and not conducting any inspection at all. However, with stringent upper limits on … the fine, the agency mixes between observing ambient pollution and inspecting all firms. The observation of ambient …
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The paper studies the use of emission taxes and feed-in subsidies for the regulation of a monopoly that can produce the same good with a technology that employs a polluting input and a clean technology. The second-best tax and subsidy are calculated solving a two-stage policy game between the...
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