A Regional Economic Model for the Assessment of Effects of Air Pollution Abatement

1972 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
T R Lakshmanan ◽  
Fu-Chen Lo

This paper describes the development and demonstration of an operational regional economic model for the assessment of economy-wide effects of air pollution abatement strategies in ninety-one major metropolitan areas in the United States. The model is a cross-sectional Keynesian-type regional macro model that is connected to a national input-output model (1963) via a regional share (location quotient) matrix. The model was used to assess the economic effects of three strategies reflecting the control costs corresponding to the Clean Air Act of 1967, but differing in their incidence of costs among industries, consumers, and government.

Author(s):  
E. R. Hendrickson ◽  
Jorgen G. Hedenhag

The control of airborn emissions from industrial sources has become a fact of life for management all over the United States. Every state, the federal government, and several hundred municipalities and counties have enabling legislation backed up by ever-increasing volumes of regulations aimed at reducing pollution of the atmosphere. Recognizing the inevitability of even more restrictive regulations, many individual companies and industry organizations are directing efforts toward identifying the air pollution potential of their operations and investigating the means available to them to meet the standards imposed upon them. Paper published with permission.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Benjamin Leffel ◽  
Nikki Tavasoli ◽  
Brantley Liddle ◽  
Kent Henderson ◽  
Sabrina Kiernan

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