Economic Costs and Consequences of Environmental Regulation

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-73114-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 482 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1050 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

This title was first published in 2002. How expensive is environmental regulation and how does it affect the economy? A proper understanding of the costs imposed by environmental regulation is important for policy-makers and others concerned with regulatory design. This book focuses on empirical studies of the impact of environmental regulation on the economy, exposing the reader to a variety of estimation methodologies and datasets that have been used in this area. Three basic sources provide information on the costs of environmental regulation: surveys; engineering studies; and econometric analysis. This text draws on all three in its investigation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gray, Wayne B

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Productivity and production functions: effects of selected changes in the institutional and human environment upon output per unit of input, Edward F. Denison; public regulations and the slowdown in productivity growth, Gregory B. Christiansen and Robert H. Haveman; the cost of regulation - OSHA, EPA and the productivity slowdown, Wayne B. Gray; environmental regulations and productivity growth - the case of fossil-fuelled power generators, Frank M. Gollop and Mark J. Roberts; pollution abatement costs, regulation and plant-level productivity, Wayne B. Gray and Ronald J. Shadbegian; the impact of pollution abatement investment on productivity change - an empirical comparison of the US, Germany and Canada, Klaus Conrad and Catherine J. Morrison; environmental regulation and productivity - an application to Swedish pulp and paper mills, Runar Brannlund et al. Part 2 Plant location: the effects of environmental regulation on business location in the United States, Timothy J. Bartik; environmental regulations and manufacturer's location choices - evidence from the census of manufacturers, Arik Levinson; effects of air quality regulation on polluting industries, Randy Becker and Vernon Henderson. Part 3 Macroeconomic and general equilibrium effects: environmental regulation and US economic growth, Dale W. Jorgenson and Peter J. Wilcoxen; social cost of environmental quality regulations - a general equilibrium analysis, Michael Hazilla and Raymond J. Kopp. Part 4 Trade and competitiveness: economic growth, international competitiveness and environmental protection - R&D and innovation strategies with the WARM model, Carlo Carraro and Marzio Galeotti; do stringent environmental regulations reduce the international competitiveness of environmentally sensitive goods? a global perspective, Xinpeng Xu; industrial pollution abatement - the impact on balance of trade, H. David Robinson. Part 5 Miscellaneous effects: plant closings - enforcement of pollution regulation in a declining industry, Mary E. Deily and Wayne B. Gray; investment - environmental regulation, investment timing and technology choice, Wayne B. Gray and Ronald J. Shadbegian; capital turnover - differential environmental regulation - effects on electric utility capital turnover and emissions, Robert H. Nelson and Tom Tietenberg; the effect of environmental regulation on optimal plant size and factor shares, B. Peter Pashigian. Part 6 Porter hypothesis: towards a new conception of the environment-competitiveness relationship, Michael E. Porter and Claas van der Linde; tightening environmental standards - the benefit-cost or the no-cost paradigm?, Karen Palmer et al.

Über Autor(innen)

Wayne B Gray, Clark University, USA.