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What is the polluter pays principle?

on 11 May, 2018

The ‘polluter pays’ principle is the commonly accepted practice that those who produce pollution should bear the costs of managing... Read more

Income inequality and carbon consumption: evidence from environmental Engel curves

Working paper

by Lutz Sager

on 17 November, 2017

This paper analyses the relationship between the distribution of income and the carbon dioxide content of household consumption in the US, describing a potential 'equity-pollution dilemma' and proposing a method to quantify it. Read more

Grantham Seminar | Ian MacKenzie ‘Consignment auctions’

Seminars

Ian MacKenzie, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Queensland, will be the speaker at... Read more

30 May '17

RSS | Andrew Yates ‘Distributional effects of air pollution from electric vehicle adoption’

Research Seminar Series

Andrew Yates, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of North Carolina, will be the speaker at this... Read more

7 Dec '16

(Not so) Gently down the stream: river pollution and health in Indonesia

Working paper

by Teevrat Garg, Stuart Hamilton, Jacob Hochard, Evan Plous and John Talbot

on 6 April, 2016

Waterborne diseases are the leading cause of mortality in developing countries. We emphasize a previously ignored cause of diarrhea –... Read more

Public lecture | The global energy and growth challenge: Facts and directions for policy

Public Lectures

Chair: Professor Robin Burgees Discussant: Professor Lord Nicholas Stern Economic growth depends critically on access to reliable energy. However, in... Read more

28 May '15

Pollution and Mortality in the 19th Century

Seminars

Professor W. Walker Hanlon considers evidence that industrial pollution had an important effect on mortality in the second half of the 19th century. Read more

30 Mar '15

Professor Masako Ikefuji – Climate Change, Economic Growth, and Health

Seminars

Seminar on paper that studies the interplay between climate, health, and the economy in a stylised world with four heterogeneous... Read more

24 Mar '11

Professor Jennifer Clapp – The Worldwide Anti-Plastics Shift: bags, bottles and global environmental governance

Public Lectures

Chair: Dr Robert Falkner, senior lecturer in international relations at LSE Speaker: Professor Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo, Ontario Read more

18 Mar '09

The effect of environmental decentralization on polluting industries in India

Working paper

by Stefania Lovo

on 1 January, 2014

Working Paper 143 Abstract This paper examines the unintended effects of the 2006 reform of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)... Read more