Air Pollution and Regional Economic Performance - A Case Study (Hardcover)

Hardbound. 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.

General

Imprint:	JAI Press Inc.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources
Release date:	October 1997
First published:	1997
Series editors:	Darwin C. Hall
Editors:	Jane Vise Hall
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-0-7623-0130-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General
LSN:	0-7623-0130-9
Barcode:	9780762301300

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