Title

Optimal institutional arrangements for pollution control

Abstract

This paper tests the notion that states adopted lax environmental policies after the Reagan administration's declaration of a new federalism approach to environmental regulation. Empirical findings from a two way fixed effects model indicate states increased, rather than decreased, pollution abatement expenditures after the Reagan devolution in the early 1980s. In addition, the east substantially increased abatement expenditures after the early 1980s, while the midwest and west lagged the national average. A simple dummy variable dispersion test reveals environmental policies exhibit signs of convergence since the federal government passed primary control of the environment to the states.

Publication Date

12-1-1996

Publication Title

Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy

Volume

26

Issue

1

Number of Pages

113-133

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

0030417636 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0030417636

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