Did State Regulation of Power Plants Cause an Increase in Pollution Exportation?

Authors

Allen S. Bellas, Metropolitan State University, 1501 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis MN 55403-1897, USA
Ian Large, Environmental Protection Agency

Date of this Version

2008

Comments

Published in Economics Letters 98 (2008) 213–219.

Abstract

The 1970 Clean Air Act divided responsibility for achievement of air quality standards between the EPA and states. It is widely believed that, as a result, state-regulated sources received taller stacks, but analysis suggests that this is not true.