Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research: Recent submissions

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    • Did the Clean Air Act cause the remarkable decline in sulfur dioxide concentrations? 

      Greenstone, Michael (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2003)
      Over the last three decades, ambient concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2) air pollution have declined by approximately 80%. This paper tests whether the 1970 Clean Air Act and its subsequent amendments caused this decline. ...

    • Air quality, infant mortality, and the Clean Air Act of 1970 

      Chay, Kenneth Y.; Greenstone, Michael (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2003)
      We examine the effects of total suspended particulates (TSPs) air pollution on infant health using the air quality improvements induced by the 1970 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA). This legislation imposed strict regulations ...

    • A note on market power in an emission permits market with banking 

      Liski, Matti; Montero, Juan-Pablo (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2004)
      In this paper, we investigate the effect of market power on the equilibrium path of an emission permits market in which firms can bank current permits for use in later periods. In particular, we study the market equilibrium ...