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Regularization from Economic Constraints : A New Estimator for Marginal Emissions

Holland, Stephen P.; Mansur, Erin; Verdier, Valentin; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Environmental policy is increasingly concerned with measuring emissions resulting from local changes to electricity … consumption. These marginal emissions are challenging to measure because electricity grids encompass multiple locations and the … as a high-dimensional aggregation problem: The effect of electricity consumption on emissions can be estimated precisely …

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Estimating the Impact of Microcredit on Those Who Take It Up : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Morocco

Crépon, Bruno - 2014

Morocco starting in 2006 by Al Amana, the country's largest microfinance institution. Al Amana was the only MFI operating in …

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Turning a Shove into a Nudge? A "Labeled Cash Transfer" for Education

Benhassine, Najy - 2013

make them expensive. We use a large randomized experiment in Morocco to estimate an alternative government-run program, a …

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Happiness on Tap : Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco

Devoto, Florencia - 2011

We study the demand for household water connections in urban Morocco, and the effect of such connections on household …

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Moving to Greener Pastures? Multinationals and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis

Eskeland, Gunnar A. - 2002

This paper presents evidence on whether multinationals are flocking to developing country 'pollution havens'. Although we find some evidence that foreign investors locate in sectors with high levels of air pollution, the evidence is weak at best. We then examine whether foreign firms pollute...

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Who Gains from Trade Reform? Some Remaining Puzzles

Harrison, Ann - 1999

This paper focuses on three unresolved issues with regard to the impact of trade reform. First, many studies linking trade reform to long run growth are surprisingly fragile. To illustrate the problems with this literature, we examine a popular measure of openness recently introduced by Sachs...

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Is "Learning-by-Exporting" Important? Micro-Dynamic Evidence from Colombia, Mexico and Morocco

Clerides, Sofronis - 1996

Is there any empirical evidence that firms become more efficient after becoming exporters? Do firms that become exporters generate positive spillovers for domestically-oriented producers? In this paper we analyze the causal links between exporting and productivity using firm-level panel data...

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To Go Electric or To Burn Coal? A Randomized Field Experiment of Informational Nudges

Fang, Hanming; Li, King King; Shen, Peiyao - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

electricity expenses; a Health SMS campaign, aimed at addressing the underestimation of health damage associated with coal heating … salience bias induced by the Cost SMS, which drew heightened attention to the cost of electricity. The Health SMS is …

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Charging Uncertainty : Real-Time Charging Data and Electric Vehicle Adoption

Asensio, Omar Isaac; Buckberg, Elaine; Cole, Cassandra; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Charging infrastructure is critical to electric vehicle (EV) adoption, but for chargers to be most useful, EV drivers need to know in real time where they are and whether they are working and available. We investigate the availability of real-time data from DC fast chargers on six major US...

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Understanding Strategic Bidding in Restructured Electricity Markets : A Case Study of ERCOT

Hortacsu, Ali - 2005

We examine the bidding behavior of firms competing on ERCOT, the hourly electricity balancing market in Texas. We …

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