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A Review of the Circular Economy and its Implementation

Heshmati, Almas - 2015

Circular economy (CE) is a sustainable development strategy that is being proposed to tackle urgent problems of environmental degradation and resource scarcity. CE's 3R principles are to reduce, reuse and recycle materials. The principles account for a circular system where all materials are...

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Quasi-Experimental Methods in Environmental Economics: Opportunities and Challenges

Deschenes, Olivier; Meng, Kyle C. - 2018

externalities, treatment of one unit often affects other units. To explore the implications of applying standard quasi …

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Glyphosate Use in Agriculture and Birth Outcomes of Surrounding Populations

Dias, Mateus; Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2019

productivity from adoption of genetically modified soybeans and look at externalities across municipalities sharing the same water … externality effects of glyphosate use on populations distant from the original locations of use, but receiving water from these …

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Air Pollution and Green Innovation

Guo, Liwen; Cheng, Zhiming; Tani, Massimiliano; Cook, Sarah - 2023

With air pollution remaining a significant problem in many regions globally, an increasing number of environmentally conscious entrepreneurs have been taking initiatives to combat this issue, accompanied by a growing environmental awareness among the general public. To test the strength of this...

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A Review of Renewable Energy Supply and Energy Efficiency Technologies

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - 2014

Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of...

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A Review of Renewable Energy Supply and Energy Efficiency Technologies

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

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For Want of a Cup: The Rise of Tea in England and the Impact of Water Quality on Mortality

Antman, Francisca M. - 2022

This paper explores the impact of water quality on mortality by exploiting a natural experiment. the rise of tea … consumption in 18th century England. This resulted in an unintentional increase in consumption of boiled water, thereby reducing … mortality rates. The methodology uses two identication strategies tying areas with lower initial water quality to larger …

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Importing Air Pollution? Evidence from China's Plastic Waste Imports

Unfried, Kerstin; Wang, Feicheng - 2022

Plastic waste trade has grown considerably in the last decades and has caused severe environmental problems in recipient countries. As the largest recipient, China has permanently banned the imports of plastic waste since 2018. This paper examines the causal effect of plastic waste imports on...

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Forecasts: Consumption, Production, and Behavioral Responses

Ahmad, Husnain F.; Gibson, Matthew; Nadeem, Fatiq; … - 2022

Scarce information and human capital may make it difficult for residents of developing countries to produce accurate forecasts, limiting responses to uncertain future events like air pollution. We study two randomized interventions in Lahore, Pakistan: 1) provision of air pollution forecasts; 2)...

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Trade Policy Uncertainty, Offshoring, and the Environment: Evidence from US Manufacturing Establishments

Choi, Jaerim; Hyun, Jay; Kim, Gueyon; Park, Ziho - 2023

We study long-run environmental impacts of trade liberalization on US manufacturing by exploiting a plausibly exogenous reduction in US trade policy uncertainty: the conferral of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) to China. Using detailed data on establishment-level pollution emissions and...

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