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introduction of the Acid Rain Program in the U.S. as a case study. The theory predicts that owners of coal deposits, expecting … implementation; moreover, the incentive to increase supply would be stronger for owners of high-sulfur coal. This would, all else … equal, induce an increase in sulfur dioxide emissions. Using data on prices, heat input and sulfur content of coal delivered …
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In order to complete cost benefit analyses of acidification policies, an attempt was made to monetarize the benefits of increased nature quality. So far, several benefits of acidification abatement, such as reduced health risks, had been determined, but the benefits of increased nature quality...
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The introduction of the U.S. SO2 allowance-trading program to address the threat of acid rain as part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 is a landmark event in the history of environmental regulation. The program was a great success by almost all measures. This paper, which draws upon a...
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options that each are capable of contributing significantly to the abatement of global CO2 emissions: nuclear energy and coal … extensive the improvements of coal-based power equipped with CCS technology would need to be if our model is to significantly … scale down the construction of new nuclear power plants. -- Economic Competition ; Electricity Sector ; Nuclear Power ; Coal …
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Climate policies can target either the demand or the supply of fossil fuels. While demandside policies have been analyzed in the literature and applied in policy-making, supply-side policies, e.g. deposit policies, are a promising option and a recent research focus. In this paper we study...
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(differential care in response to differing needs). Applying this framework to traffic-related air pollution policies in Italian …
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among hypothetical variants of their home that differ in terms of mortality risks from air pollution and price. To our … respondents in the UK do not perceive air pollution where they live to be as threatening, and actually live in cities with … relatively low air pollution levels. Exploiting part of our experimental design, we find that Italian homeowners value a …
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Long-term exposure to air pollutant concentrations is known to cause chronic lung inflammation, a condition that may promote increased severity of COVID-19 syndrome caused by the novel coronavirus. In this paper, we empirically investigate the ecologic association between longterm exposure to...
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