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on Resource Economics |
| By: | Abatemarco, Antonio (CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy); Dell'Anno, Roberto (CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy); Lagomarsino, Elena (Department of Economics, University of Genoa - Italy) |
| Abstract: | The implementation of environmental policies varies substantially across geographical areas. This paper proposes a conceptual and methodological framework—adapted from the health economics literature—to assess equity in the allocation of environmental policy effort. We define “environmental care” as the set of local policy interventions aimed at improving environmental quality within an area, and evaluate its distribution relative to environmental need. Using direct and indirect standardization techniques, we measure horizontal inequity (unequal care among areas with similar need) and vertical inequity (differential care in response to differing needs). Applying this framework to traffic-related air pollution policies in Italian municipalities from 2012 to 2021, we find that the observed reduction of overall inequality in environmental care is mostly driven by a decline in hori- zontal inequity. However, we find evidence of persistent socioeconomic disparities, with lower-income municipalities receiving disproportionately less policy effort relative to their environmental needs. |
| Keywords: | environmental equity; environmental inequality; air pollution; distributive justice |
| JEL: | Q53 Q58 R58 |
| Date: | 2025–07–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sal:celpdp:0172 |
| By: | Osti, Davide |
| Abstract: | I briefy review and comment on some papers about climate change economics through time and space along the following exposition, especially centering on the work of William D. Nordhaus' dynamic integrated climate economy model (DICE) and other integrated assessment models to study the effects of climate change on temperatures, amenities, and the economy more broadly. |
| Keywords: | climate change, DICE model, IAMs models, parameter uncertainty |
| JEL: | C15 C51 D58 D62 D63 D71 D72 F43 F53 Q32 Q34 Q51 Q52 Q53 Q54 Q55 Q56 |
| Date: | 2025–06–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:124987 |
| By: | Liang , Pinghan (Sun Yat-sen University); Lou , Yadi (Sun Yat-sen University); Tian , Shu (Asian Development Bank) |
| Abstract: | Since the early 21st century, air quality concerns in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have garnered significant attention from both the public authorities and society. This study investigates the effects of digital environmental monitoring technology on air pollution. Specifically, we explore the data from government procurement of digital environmental monitoring technologies over the 2014–2019 period. The baseline results indicate that on average, each additional environmental contract per 100, 000 residents signed by governments is associated with an 8-percentage point reduction in city PM2.5 levels. This effect arises from more accurate pollutant identification, which strengthens enforcement of environmental regulations, facilitating any necessary transition and, where applicable, orderly exit of heavily polluting enterprises, and fosters green innovation. Further, this effect exhibits regional variation in the extent of environmental concern and the level of information disclosure. The results suggest that technology-driven environmental governance, supported by public engagement and policy frameworks, plays a crucial role in enhancing air quality in the PRC. |
| Keywords: | digital environmental monitoring; PM2.5; public monitoring; information disclosure |
| JEL: | O18 O33 Q50 |
| Date: | 2025–07–02 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:adbewp:0788 |
| By: | Venkatachalam Anbumozhi (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)); Kaliappa Kalirajanl (Emeritus Professor, Australian National University); Ayu Pratiwi Muyasyaroh (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)); Veerapandian Karthick (Assistant Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, India) |
| Abstract: | Carbon pricing is a policy tool designed to account for the external costs of carbon emissions, such as damage to crops, healthcare costs, and property loss due to climate change. It attaches a price to these costs and allocates responsibility to the sources of emissions. This approach helps incentivise the reduction of carbon emissions and encourages the adoption of technologies aimed at achieving a net zero economy. Revenue generated from carbon pricing can be reinvested by companies to support sustainable practices, including employee benefits and health insurance. While a few countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia have implemented carbon pricing mechanisms, there is limited understanding of individual preferences regarding these mechanisms at the national and regional levels. The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism of the European Union aims to standardise carbon prices for internationally traded products. However, there is a lack of knowledge about preferences for such policy instruments across key stakeholders and countries. A survey has been conducted to elicit stakeholders’ preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for a carbon price in ASEAN and East Asia. The overall proportion of ‘yes’ answers to the WTP question was around 70%. Mean WTP corresponds to an additional price of US$10–US$15. The analysis of more than 500 consumer responses revealed that several modifiers impact the choice of higher and lower WTP additional costs for climate actions. Amongst the consumer groups, academia and household residents are more concerned about climate change and its harmful consequences but have less knowledge and lower appreciation of external pressures such as the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. This, coupled with the already high electricity price, could have resulted in the lower WTP by the private sector respondents. Three null hypotheses on the effects of WTP on carbon emission reductions, revenue recycling, and regional cooperation are tested. The low WTP underscores the urgency of measures to overcome market size and technical and financing constraints, and to address regulatory hurdles that raise transaction costs, to achieve industrial competitiveness |
| Keywords: | carbon price; climate change; net zero economy; revenue recycling; willingness to pay; ASEAN and East Asia |
| JEL: | Q49 Q58 C46 |
| Date: | 2025–06–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:era:wpaper:dp-2025-03 |