
Air Pollution and Regional Economic Performance
A Case Study
Jane Vise Hall(Editor)
JAI Press Inc.
Will be published approx. on 21. October 1997
Book
Hardback
220 pages
978-0-7623-0130-0 (ISBN)
Description
Environmental regulation requires that substantial productive resources be diverted to efforts to improve environmental quality. Economic theory says that, all else being equal, regulation will consequently cause costs to rise with resulting losses in competitive advantage and a general weakening of economic performance as measured by indicators such as national or regional income. Empirical tests of this theory generally fail to find such consequences, however. This book sets out the reasons why empirical research and theory are at odds, suggests alternative formulations of the relationship between environmental regulation and economic performance, and presents related original research using Southern California as a case study of economic performance in the context of increasingly stringent and effective environmental controls promulgated over more than 30 years.
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Six papers study the coevolution of the economy, the control of emissions, especially of vehicle-related exhaust, and air quality in Southern California, testing whether the economy has been harmed as a result of extensive regulation. Agicultural and Natural Resource EconomicsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7623-0130-0 (9780762301300)
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Persons
Content
Economic performance and environmental regulation: an overview (J. Vise Hall). The theoretical and empirical basis for assessing economic impacts of environmental regulation (J. Vise Hall). Mobile source emissions regulation in California: 1960 to 1995 (J.A.H. Aplet, G. Meade). Air quality and emissions trends in Southern California (J.A.H. Aplet, J. Vise Hall). The Southern California economy: 1964-1990 (S. Levy). A survey approach to firm location decisions (A. Puri). Conclusions (J Vise Hall et al.). Glossary. Bibliography. Index.