Coastal aquatic ecosystems are increasingly affected by diffuse source nutrient water pollution from agricultural activities in coastal catchments, even though these ecosystems are important from a social, environmental and economic perspective. To warrant sustainable economic development of coastal regions, we need to balance marginal costs from coastal catchment water pollution abatement and ...

In the second half of the last century the attitude with respect to foreign investment has changed, and the role of this investment on development of Latin-American economies has become crucial. A fierce competition is taking place among these countries in a even more integrated region where environmental policies have become one of the suitable instruments to manage the perturbations on welfar...

Renewable energy policies address two market externalities at the same time as they (1) internalize the environmental cost of conventional energy production (GHG emissions and air pollution) and (2) appropriate earnings from learning-by-doing in the renewable energy

We develop a model to analyze environmental policies in the presence of mergers and foreign direct investment. There are two countries and two type of firms (one type in each country). Firms in each country produce a homogeneous good to be consumed in both markets. Each firm creates pollution as a by product of output. Using the above specification, we examine the consequences of two alternativ...

We describe a strategy for dealing with the challenges of air pollution and climate change capable of adaptation to improved scientific knowledge in the future. The analytical framework for identifying efficient control strategies is described and selected results of cost-effective methods to control SO:z, NO. and CO2 emissions are discussed. 1. INTRODUCflON The eighties saw the emergence of th...

Kazakhstan, like other former Soviet Republics, inherited a number of serious environmental problems. Air pollution is one of these serious problems, leading to significant environmental health effects on the population of Kazakhstan. This study provides a baseline analysis of health damages from air pollution, based on readily available information. Mean estimates of mortality risk attributabl...

Production activities exert a negative impact on the environment through emissions of pollutants. Environmental policies aim at the implementation of abatement technologies to reduce these emissions. Cost-effectiveness analysis is often applied as a tool to find abatement strategies that yield a certain emission reduction at minimum direct abatement cost to the producer concerned. The strength ...

The requirements of the framework Directive on air quality assessment and management introduce real practical problems for the meteorological community. Some of the meteorological variables needed in urban air pollution assessments are not routinely measured and in normal circumstances the number of meteorological stations in urban areas is limited to a few sites often just at airports. The Eur...

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Decentralization can improve service delivery, but it can also generate externalities across jurisdictional boundaries. We examine the nature and size of water pollution externalities as rivers flow across jurisdictions. Panel data on water pollution in Brazilian rivers coupled with county splits that change the locations of borders allow us to identify the spatial patterns of pollution as rive...