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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"pollution policies"”.
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The Effects of Water Quality Policies Under Alternative Representations of Farmer Behavior
… be achieved across producer types with policies designed for profit-maximizing producers. Thus, producers with other motives must be considered in the formulation of pollution policies. Further, those policies which lead to shifts in the timing of nitrogen applications (from Fall and …
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Climate risks, environmental regulations, and corporate environmental management
… The second study investigates how air pollution policies impact labour productivity. The third study focuses on business responses to environmental compliance requirements and how these strategies affect firm innovation. Taken together, the studies in this dissertation contribute to the …
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Climate risks, environmental regulations, and corporate environmental management
… The second study investigates how air pollution policies impact labour productivity. The third study focuses on business responses to environmental compliance requirements and how these strategies affect firm innovation. Taken together, the studies in this dissertation contribute to the …
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Using Monte Carlo Analysis to Assess Outcome-based Payment for Environmental Services for Denitrifying Bioreactors in the Chesapeake Bay
Conventional nonpoint source pollution policies encourage the adoption of conservation practices to reduce nonpoint source pollutants by paying a portion of the cost to install best management practices. Alternative financial incentive programs, such as payment for environmental services (PES) …
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The Impact of Environmental Policies and Innovation on the Investment in and Use of Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Generators in the US Electricity Sector
… better understand how energy and environmental policies influenced the time and location of capacity changes, how this capacity has been used, and the role of technology on both.</p> <p>The first essay in this dissertation evaluates the impact of a government-sponsored research program on NGCC …
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Pakistan, India and the Indus River Basin
… in addition to the firm implementation of pollution policies and conservation practices, in order to efficiently manage water resources. The absence of political tensions is also necessary to manage and share water with a neighboring country peacefully rather than using water as political …
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Alternative Energy Science and Policy: Biofuels as a Case Study
… presented and discussed. It is found that these policies have had large unintended negative consequences and that they relied on Lifecycle Analysis studies that had concluded that increased biofuels production can help meet economic, energy and environmental goals. A close examination of these …
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Three essays on the environment and health in cities
… people reside, to observe the impacts of air pollution and extreme weather events on birth outcomes. Previous work has shown that fetal health can affect long-run outcomes, like educational attainment or income, so it is necessary to understand how exposure to various environmental factors …
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Economic Instruments for Water Pollution Control Policy making issues: Experiences from Colombia
As part of the pollution control effort several developing countries have established economic-based initiatives to improve environmental quality. In this study the Colombian water pollution charge, which was implemented in 1997, is analyzed. The two key questions that this study attempts to answer …