Integrated assessment models have been used to explore cost effective abatement strategies in connection with negotiations on the Gothenburg protocol under the UN/ECE Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). A variety of spatial and temporal issues must be addressed in order to model the multi-scalar processes involved and develop nested Integrated Assessment Models (n-IAM...

This paper investigates the relationship between economic regulation and …rms’response to the incentives created by an emissions trading program. The NOx State Implementation Plan (SIP) Call Rule was designed to facilitate cost e¤ective reductions of nitrogen oxides emissions from large stationary sources (primarily electricity generators) in 19 eastern states. I estimate a discrete choice mode...

In this study, the reduction of Cr(VI) by use of scrap iron, a cheap and locally available industrial waste, was investigated in continuous system. The greater scrap iron efficiency observed for the first two sections of the column filling indicate that most of the reduction process was carried out in the bottom half of the column filling. This was ascribed to a constant decrease of Cr(VI) conc...

The aim of the present study is to shed some light on the factors affecting Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditure (PACE) in the context of a transition economy such as Romania, in contrast to the existing literature which mostly focuses on developed economies. Specifically, we use survey data of the Romanian National Institute of Statistics and estimate Multilevel Regression Model (MRM) t...

This paper studies the effects of effluent taxes on firms’ allocation of resources to cost-reducing and emission-reducing R&D, and on entrepreneurs’ decisions to develop new goods and enter the market. A tax set at an exogenous rate that does not depend on the state of technology reduces growth, the level of consumption of each good, and raises the number of firms. The induced increase in the v...

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...

This paper presents an integrated exposure monitoring system, based on an expansion of existing air quality monitoring systems using dispersion modelling. The system allows: (1) identifying geographical areas whose inhabitants are most exposed to ambient pollution; (2) identifying how many people in an area are exposed to concentrations of pollution exceeding air quality guidelines; (3) describ...

Governments are increasingly relying on environmental policies predicated on the assumption that the mere threat of regulation will entice companies to reduce their toxic emissions. This paper makes an attempt at identifying the effect of regulatory threat theoretically and empirically. The key to identifying regulatory threat’s effect on the environment is to condition firms’ response on their...

BACKGROUND This paper describes a conceptual framework for solutions-focused management of chemical contaminants built on novel and systematic approaches for identifying, quantifying and reducing risks of these substances. METHODS The conceptual framework was developed in interaction with stakeholders representing relevant authorities and organisations responsible for managing environmental q...

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...