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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
The Benefits and Costs of Informal Sector Pollution Control: Mexican Brick Kilns
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| Autores: |
Blackman, Allen
Newbold, Stephen C.
Shih, Jhih-Shyang
Cook, Joseph H.
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| Data: |
2005-10-26
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| Ano: |
2000
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| Palavras-chave: |
Benefit-cost analysis
Informal sector
Air pollution
US-Mexico Border
Brick kiln
Environmental Economics and Policy
O13
O17
O54
Q25
Q28
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| Resumo: |
In developing countries, urban clusters of manufacturers which are "informal"-small-scale, unlicensed and virtually unregulated-can have severe environmental impacts. Yet pollution control efforts have traditionally focused on large industrial sources, in part because the problem is not well understood. This paper presents a benefit-cost analysis of four practical strategies for reducing emissions from traditional brick kilns in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. To our knowledge, it is the first such analysis of informal sources. We find very significant net benefits for three of the four control strategies. These results suggest that informal polluters should be a high priority for environmental regulators.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
18531
http://purl.umn.edu/10532
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Resources for the Future>Discussion Papers
Discussion Paper 00-46
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| Formato: |
33
application/pdf
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