Replication data for: Sacred Cars? Cost-Effective Regulation of Stationary and Nonstationary Pollution Sources

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Meredith Fowlie; Christopher R. Knittel; Catherine Wolfram

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Project Citation:

Fowlie, Meredith, Knittel, Christopher R., and Wolfram, Catherine. Replication data for: Sacred Cars? Cost-Effective Regulation of Stationary and Nonstationary Pollution Sources. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114779V1

Project Description

Summary: For political and practical reasons, environmental regulations sometimes treat point-source polluters, such as power plants, differently from mobile-source polluters, such as vehicles. This paper measures the extent of this regulatory asymmetry in the case of nitrogen oxides (NOx), the most recalcitrant criteria air pollutant in the United States. We find significant differences in marginal abatement costs across source types: the marginal cost of reducing NOx from cars is less than half the marginal cost of reducing NOx from power plants. Our results measure the possible efficiency gains and distributional implications associated with increasing the sectoral scope of environmental regulations.(JEL Q53, Q58, R41)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      Q53 Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
      Q58 Environmental Economics: Government Policy
      R41 Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise

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