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- Title
THE DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS OF UNIFORM AIR POLLUTION POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES.
- Authors
Gianessi, Leonard P.; Peskin, Henry W.; Wolff, Edward
- Abstract
This article discusses the distributional effects of uniform air pollution policy in the U.S. A principal characteristics of environmental policy is the attempt to apply approximately uniform regulations over an entire national or international jurisdiction. Although the theory of efficient environmental management suggests that the degree of control should reflect local geography and tastes, pressures for uniformity have been brought to bear by local political leaders who are afraid of losing industries to areas with less stringent controls. Thus, there is a clear bias in existing laws toward technologically defined and fixed standards that limit the allowable emissions of a polluter regardless of where he is located.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ENVIRONMENTAL policy; AIR quality; EMISSION standards; POLITICAL leadership; ENVIRONMENTAL protection
- Publication
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1979, Vol 93, Issue 2, p281
- ISSN
0033-5533
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1883195