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Governing clean energy transitions in China and India : a comparative political economy analysis
Isoaho, Karoliina; Goritz, Alexandra; Schulz, Nicolai - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016
China and India will have to radically transform their electric power systems in order to decouple economic growth from … identify central drivers and barriers to a clean energy transition in China and India. …
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The health costs of coal-fired power plants in India
Barrows, Geoffrey; Garg, Teevrat; Jha, Akshaya - 2019
This paper estimates the effect of coal-fired power plants on infant mortality in India. We find that a one GW increase in coal-fired capacity corresponds to a 14% increase in infant mortality rates in districts near versus far from the plant site. This effect is 2-3 times larger than estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147061
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Up in smoke : the influence of household behavior on the long-run impact of improved cooking stoves
Hanna, Rema; Duflo, Esther; Greenstone, Michael - 2012
It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of improved cooking stoves. This is largely supported by observational field...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009541336
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The Health Costs of Coal-Fired Power Plants in India
Barrows, Geoffrey - 2019
This paper estimates the effect of coal-fired power plants on infant mortality in India. We find that a one GW increase in coal-fired capacity corresponds to a 14% increase in infant mortality rates in districts near versus far from the plant site. This effect is 2-3 times larger than estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857697
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The Health Costs of Coal-Fired Power Plants in India
Barrows, Geoffrey - 2019
This paper estimates the effect of coal-fired power plants on infant mortality in India. We find that a one GW increase in coal-fired capacity corresponds to a 14% increase in infant mortality rates in districts near versus far from the plant site. This effect is 2-3 times larger than estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897492
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Groundwater Depletion in India : Social Losses From Costly Well Deepening
Sayre, Susan - 2018
We develop a dynamic groundwater model that incorporates both groundwater pumping and investment in deeper wells and apply the model to the arid, alluvial aquifer region of Northern India that is experiencing rapid depletion. We compute the potential benefits of regulating groundwater use by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919594
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The Economic Cost of Air Pollution Due to Stubble Burning : Evidence from Delhi
Agarwal, Arti; Tiwari, Nachiketa - 2022
Stubble burning in North India has been a major contributing factor to the growing menace of air pollution in the National Capital Region of India for the last two decades. Though the environmental and health aspects of air pollution due to stubble burning have been studied, its economic costs...
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Information Strategies for Energy Conservation : A Field Experiment in India
Chen, Victor; Delmas, Magali A.; Locke, Stephen; Singh, … - 2017
Little is known about the effectiveness of information strategies on energy conservation in developing countries. In this study, we conduct a field experiment in an apartment complex in India to test how information about electricity usage impacts the electricity consumption of urban middle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014034111
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Tale of two countries : emissions scenarios for China and India
Massetti, Emanuele - 2011
The aim of the paper is to present evidence that China and India are, and will remain, two very different actors in … energy use and in energy supply and to assess the possible contribution of China and India to a future international climate … emissions by 50% in 2050. -- Climate Change ; China ; India ; Energy Efficiency ; Energy and Development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008903412
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A Tale of Two Countries : Emissions Scenarios for China and India
Massetti, Emanuele - 2011
The aim of the paper is to present evidence that China and India are, and will remain, two very different actors in … energy use and in energy supply and to assess the possible contribution of China and India to a future international climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128326