Air Pollution and Regional Economic Performance: A Case Study / Edition 1

by Darwin C. Hall, Jane Vise Hall

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762301300
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	10/21/1997
Series:	Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources , #2
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

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.