Technical Change and Measuring Pollution Abatement Costs: An Activity Analysis Framework |
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Authors: | Carl A. Pasurka Jr. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Economy and Environment Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2172), 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460, USA |
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Abstract: | The cornerstones of studies that estimate the effectof environmental regulations on an economy areestimates of the pollution abatement costs incurred bythe manufacturing and electric utility sectors.However, there are concerns regarding the accuracy ofthe surveys used to generate these cost estimates.This paper demonstrates that technical change tends toresult in an increasing share of pollution abatementcosts being impossible to measure. This finding hasimportant implications for estimating the productivityeffects of environmental regulations, developingregulatory budgets, and data collection effortsrelated to environmental accounting. |
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Keywords: | joint production pollution abatement casts technical change |
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