In this paper, we develop a political economy model with a voting equilibrium to analyze the impact of remittances in the government¡¯s redistributive policy. Remittances affect the distribution of income and the households¡¯ demand for public redistribution. In this paper we consider the...

This study attempted to examine the economic efficiency of the sulfur dioxide (SO<Subscript>2</Subscript>) emissions control policy in Japan using a cost-benefit analysis (CBA). The SO<Subscript>2</Subscript> emissions control policy is divided into three stages by epochal policy decisions. Reducing the incidence of chronic bronchitis and...</subscript></subscript>

While the mortality impacts of urban air pollution have been well addressed in the literature, very little is known about the mortality impacts and associated social cost from wildfire-smoke exposure (Kochi et al., 2010; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2004). In an attempt to address this...

We analyze political and economic conditions in which the effectiveness of public redistribution might be low in a federation. In our economy, the central government redistributes income while local governments provide a pro poor local public good. If local public spending falls as a response to...

Este estudio estima los factores determinantes de los niveles de emisión de dióxido de azufre (SO2) utilizando modelos estructurales con datos de panel a nivel estatal en México. El modelo se calcula para las emisiones de SO2 de diferentes fuentes de contaminación, en concreto, fuentes de la...

La apertura del acceso mundial a la educación implica una tendencia positiva en la matriculación de estudiantes y el caso del nivel universitario en México no es la excepción. Paradójicamente, este incremento conlleva el riesgo de traducirse en un incremento en la tasa de abandono escolar...

The economic costs of adverse health effects associated with exposure to wildfire smoke should be given serious consideration in determining the optimal wildfire management policy. Unfortunately, the literature in this research area is thin. In an effort to better understand the nature of these...

An empirical Bayes pooling method is used to combine and compare estimates of the value of a statistical life (VSL). The data come from 40 selected studies published between 1974 and 2002, containing 197 VSL estimates. The estimated composite distribution of empirical Bayes adjusted VSL has a...