TY - JOUR
T1 - The City-Level Effects of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
AU - Auffhammer, Maximilian
AU - Bento, Antonio M.
AU - Lowe, Scott E.
PY - 2011/2/1
Y1 - 2011/2/1
N2 - This paper examines whether the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments caused the decline in ambient concentrations of particulate matter (PM 10 ) in California over the 1990–2000 period. Consistent with previous studies, we find that PM 10 nonattainment status at the county level is not a significant factor in explaining the reductions in PM 10 . However, when we allow for spatially heterogeneous treatment effects within nonattainment counties, and incorporate measures of community characteristics, climate, geography, transboundary pollution, and industrial composition and scale, we find that nonattainment designations at the city level account for a 6% reduction in ambient PM 10 concentrations.
AB - This paper examines whether the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments caused the decline in ambient concentrations of particulate matter (PM 10 ) in California over the 1990–2000 period. Consistent with previous studies, we find that PM 10 nonattainment status at the county level is not a significant factor in explaining the reductions in PM 10 . However, when we allow for spatially heterogeneous treatment effects within nonattainment counties, and incorporate measures of community characteristics, climate, geography, transboundary pollution, and industrial composition and scale, we find that nonattainment designations at the city level account for a 6% reduction in ambient PM 10 concentrations.
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/econ_facpubs/10
M3 - Article
JO - Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations
JF - Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations
ER -