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Truth or Consequences? Enforcing Pollution Standards.

McKenna, C.J.; Livernois, J. - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 1996

Evidence suggests that a surprisingly large fraction of firms comply with pollution emission standards even though …

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The Economics of Site Investigation for Groundwater Protection : An Application of a Sequential Search Strategy.

Forsyth, M - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 1996

Rehabilitation of areas of contaminated groundwater often involves significant costs for site investigation. Whether to undertake a site investigation and when to bring an ongoing investigation to a closure are question facing decision-makers at many contaminated sites acress north America.

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Double Dividended Environmental Taxation and Canadian Carbon Emissions Control.

McKitrick, R - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 1996

The possibility of using revenues from environmental taxes to reduce other distortions in the tax system has been much discussed recently. This paper reviews the current debate and presents empirical evidence to suggest that the double dividend approach to CO2 emissions control in Canada can...

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The Silver Lining of Industrial Decline: Rust Belt Manufacturing's Impact on Particulates.

Kahn, M.E. - Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences - 1996

Reduced industrial activity leads to improve local air quality. Using plant level micro data from the Census of Manufacturers, I explore how county particulate levels vary for counties that feature different manufacturing activity levels and that differ with respect to manufacturing's capital...

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Pollution Taxation and Revenue Recycling Under Monopoly Unions.

Strand, J. - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 1996

We consider a model where a given number of firms decide on a pollution-reducing production technology, and then hire ….e. simultaneous reduction in pollution and increases in employment, when the pollution tax is increased, and tax revenues recycled, in … alternative ways. In all cases overall pollution is then reduced. …

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The Environment, Trade and Industrial Restructuring: Revisiting the Evidence.

Cole, M.A.; Elliott, R.J.R.; Azhar, A.K. - Department of Economics, University of Birmingham - 2000

possess a comparative advantage in pollution intensive production. …

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How Large are Australia's Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Creedy, J.; Martin, C. - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 1998

This paper compares alternative estimates of the extent of Australia's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. While the total amount cannot be known with certainty, debate concerning appropriate policies to deal with and monitor emissions must rely on estimates. However, it is shown that there are...

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Water and Resource Conflicts in Thailand : An Economic Perspective

Flatters, F; Horbulyl, T.M. - John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy … - 1995

The paper provides an economist's perspective on recent conflicts over the use of water in Thailand. This paper surveys a number of the important water resource issues such as the allocation of surface and groudwater within and between river basins; and water quality and the discharge of effluents.

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Capital Accumulation of a Firm Facing an Emissions Tax.

Hartl, R.F.; Kort, P.M. - CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg - 1995

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Global Climate Change: Economic and Policy Issues.

Munasinghe, M. - World Bank Group - 1995

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