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A socioecological examination of observing littering behavior
Al-mosa, Yara; Parkinson, Joy; Rundle-Thiele, Sharyn - In: Journal of nonprofit & public sector marketing 29 (2017) 3, pp. 235-253
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011779086
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Mirage on the horizon : geoengineering and carbon taxation without commitment
Acemoglu, Daron; Rafey, Will - 2018
We show that, in a model without commitment to future policies, geoengineering breakthroughs can have adverse environmental and welfare effects because they change the (equilibrium) carbon taxes. In our model, energy producers emit carbon, which creates a negative environmental externality, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820231
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The economics of recycling heterogeneity
Fullerton, Don; Kinnaman, Thomas C. - 2024
This paper summarizes the economics perspective on recycling of municipal solid waste. The first section reviews recent … greatly from policies enacted for yard waste, because these two materials are very different from each other. A surgical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015061148
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Economics of land degradation initiative : methods and approach for global and national assessments
Nkonya, Ephraim; Braun, Joachim von; Mirzabaev, Alisher; … - 2013
Healthy land ecosystems are essential to sustainable development, including food security and improved livelihoods. Yet, their key services have usually been taken for granted and their true value underrated, leading to land degradation becoming a critical global problem. This pattern of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010198682
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Decentralized environmental regulations and plant-level productivity
Ghosal, Vivek; Stephan, Andreas; Weiss, Jan F. - 2018
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906240
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Pollution, shadow economy and corruption : theory and evidence
Biswas, Amit K.; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Thum, Marcel - 2011
We study how the shadow economy affects pollution and how this effect depends on corruption levels in public … be accompanied by higher pollution levels. Our theoretical model predicts that controlling the levels of corruption can … limit the effect of the shadow economy on pollution. We use panel data covering the period from 1999-2005 from more than 100 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009375247
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Regulating the environmental consequences of preferences for social status within an evolutionary framework
Sartzetakis, Eftichios Sofokles; Xepapadeas, Anastasios; … - 2015
Taking as given that we are consuming too much and that overconsumption leads to environmental degradation, the present paper examines the regulator's choices between informative advertisement and consumption taxation. We model overconsumption by considering individuals that care about social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513995
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Electoral incentives and firm behavior : evidence from U.S. power plant pollution abatement
Doyle, Matthew; Di Maria, Corrado; Lange, Ian; … - 2016
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547829
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Pollution, Shadow Economy and Corruption : Theory and Evidence
Biswas, Amit K. - 2013
We study how the shadow economy affects pollution and how this effect depends on corruption levels in public … be accompanied by higher pollution levels. Our theoretical model predicts that controlling the levels of corruption can … limit the effect of the shadow economy on pollution. We use panel data covering the period from 1999–2005 from more than 100 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092159
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Have International Pollution Protocols Made a Difference?
Isaksen, Elisabeth Thuestad - 2019
Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) protocols on three different pollutants: SO2, NOx, and VOCs. I address the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894704