We empirically assess whether firms face economies and/or diseconomies of scale with respect to air pollution control by evaluating the effects of production on firmlevel air emission levels using a panel of Czech firms during the country’s transitional period of 1993 to 1998. By estimating a...

The Clean Air Act's National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) set limits on ambient air concentrations of hazardous pollutants. Since its creation, NAAQS guidelines have evolved to curb ambient concentrations of Particulate Matter less than 2.5 ug in diameter (PM2.5), which have been linked...

The Clean Air Act's National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and New Source Review (NSR) permitting work in conjunction to improve ambient air quality in the United States. However, all previous studies of the NAAQS ignore this joint nature and focus solely on the effects of NAAQS...

In the US, much of the authority to administer the Clean Air Act (CAA) is delegated to indi-vidual states. States are responsible primarily for the administration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), which impose technological and other requirements on stationary emission...