The benefits of spatially differentiated regulation: The response to acid rain by U.S. States prior to the acid rain program

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 108-123

  Perino, Grischa ^a   Talavera, Olena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acid rain; emission rate standards; inter state externality; new environmental threat; spatially differentiated regulation

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; ACID RAIN; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; REGULATORY APPROACH; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893388551     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat084     Document Type: Article

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