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Institutional framework and financial arrangements for supporting the adoption of Resource Recovery Reuse technologies in South Asia
Bekchanov, Maksud; Evia, Pablo; Hasan, Mohammad Monirul; … - 2018
Open dumping of waste and discharging untreated wastewater into environment are key causes of environmental pollution … in the developing world, including South Asian countries. Waste and wastewater however can be a source for recovering … organizations and various stakeholders involved in the waste and wastewater management sectors, government policies and legislation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011936838
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The effects of pricing waste generation : a synthetic control approach
Bueno, Matheus; Valente, Marica - 2018
To internalize pollution externalities into household waste generation, Unit Pricing Systems (UPS) have been adopted … worldwide. This paper evaluates the causal effects of a UPS on the disposal of municipal solid waste in Trento, Italy. To … account for policy endogeneity due to unobservables, we employ the synthetic control method on a unique panel of monthly waste …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011847939
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Is it fair to treat China as a christmas tree to hang everybody's complaints? Putting its own energy saving into perspective
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2009
China had been the world's second largest carbon emitter for years. However, recent studies show that China had overtaken the US as the world's largest emitter in 2007. This has put China on the spotlight, just at a time when the world community starts negotiating a post-Kyoto climate regime...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279406
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Should we be worried about the green paradox? Announcement effects of the acid rain program
Di Maria, Corrado; Lange, Ian A.; van der Werf, Edwin - 2012
This paper presents the first empirical test of the green paradox hypothesis, according to which well-intended but imperfectly implemented policies may lead to detrimental environmental outcomes due to supply side responses. We use the introduction of the Acid Rain Program in the U.S. as a case...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282063
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Information disclosure strategies for green industries
Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam; Chotichanathawewong, Qwanruedee; … - 2011
Environmental information disclosure strategies, which involve corporate attempts to increase the availability of information on pollution and emissions, can become a basis for a new wave of environmental protection policy that follows and has the potential to complement traditional command and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286109
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Gasoline content regulation and compliance among US refineries
Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Nauges, Céline; Thille, Henry - 2012
The US refining industry is a leading producer of sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide emissions. As a result of the Clean Air Act, it has been subject to a host of environmental regulations that prescribe the production processes firms can employ and limits their emissions based on the permits they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289363
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Information disclosure strategies for green industries
Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam; Chotichanathawewong, Qwanruedee; … - 2011
Environmental information disclosure strategies, which involve corporate attempts to increase the availability of information on pollution and emissions, can become a basis for a new wave of environmental protection policy that follows and has the potential to complement traditional command and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009267699
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What forces dictate the design of pollution monitoring networks?
Muller, Nicholas Z.; Ruud, Paul Arthur - 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) maintains networks of pollution monitors for two basic purposes: to check and enforce the attainment of national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) and to provide useful data for studying pollution and its effects. These purposes imply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421576
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Pollution, infectious disease, and mortality : evidence from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic
Clay, Karen; Lewis, Joshua; Severnini, Edson R. - 2015
This paper uses the 1918 influenza pandemic as a natural experiment to examine whether air pollution affects susceptibility to infectious disease. The empirical analysis combines the sharp timing of the pandemic with large cross-city differences in baseline pollution measures based on coal-fired...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347213
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Gasoline content regulation and compliance among US refineries
Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Nauges, Céline; Thille, Henry - 2012
The US refining industry is a leading producer of sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide emissions. As a result of the Clean Air Act, it has been subject to a host of environmental regulations that prescribe the production processes firms can employ and limits their emissions based on the permits they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009659324