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reductions in external damages are health benefits, highlighting the importance of accounting for co-pollution impacts of carbon …
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of the reductions in external damages are health benefits, highlighting the importance of accounting for co-pollution …
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regulated due to its historically large contribution to air and water pollution. Our paper contributes to the broader empirical … and enforcement. Our key findings are: (1) prudential regulation limits expansion of plants with high initial pollution …
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pollution as a result of contaminants released into water bodies by households, industry, sewage treatment plants, and … agriculture, which further reduces the clean water supply. In particular, nitrate pollution due to intensive fertilization in …
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evidence that power plants spend less in water pollution abatement if the governor of the state where the plant is located is a … leads to increased pollution. …
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This paper examines the role of a sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions quota introduced as part of China's 11th Five-Year Plan on internal movements of high-skilled labour across Chinese prefecture cities. Using data on migration flows calculated through changes in Hukou status, this study suggests...
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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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This paper evaluates the effect of ozone pollution on individuals' subjective health satisfaction and well …-being, allowing us to capture both direct and indirect effects of ozone pollution on adults. Specifically, we focus on differences … (SOEP) with data on ozone concentrations from measuring stations in Germany. We precisely assign pollution levels to …
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Although the U.S. spends billions of dollars a year controlling water pollution, there is little empirical evidence of … comparable benefits. This study argues that measurement error in pollution data causes benefits to be underestimated. Using … nutrient pollution. Instrumental variable estimates of the effects of phosphorus on recreational use are an order of magnitude …
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water pollution than in industries with less water pollution in the UPR regions. The second RED policy with environmental … regulations was effective in restraining the new entry of firms in high-pollution industries into the UPR regions but failed to … drive existing high-pollution firms out of the UPR regions. Firms’ location decisions were driven by the more favorable tax …
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