This study explores the fundamental question of how and how much human activity affects
air quality. It focuses in particular on whether this relationship is linear or nonlinear and …

We focus on the interaction between a representative polluting tannery and a negatively
impacted small farmer in Kanpur, India. The tannery produces leather and toxic chemical …

This study presents a general equilibrium model of a small open develo** economy with
pollution generated by the tourism industry. The national government issues emission …

We study pollution cleanup in the Ganges in Varanasi, India. Voters elect politicians and
elected politicians decide how much pollution to clean up. Between the two time periods …

Poor environmental quality can reduce worker productivity, but how this effect is associated
with skilled-unskilled wage inequality is still unclear. This paper studies how stricter pollution …

The early 2020 COVID-19 outbreak in many cities in China resulted in significant negative
economic impacts. Consequently, the resumption of work post-pandemic may have led to a …

We develop an endogenous growth model in which long-run growth is driven by three
engines: private abatement R&D, expanding-variety R&D, and capital accumulation. We …

Despite repeated calls for a thorough cleanup of water pollution in the Ganges river, there
are only two papers in the social sciences by Batabyal and Beladi (2017, 2019) that have …

Environmental considerations have imposed new restrictions in the planning and
management of energy systems. This research aims at describing the necessity and …

We examine the role of social capital in explaining the highly unequal regional distribution of
firms' carcinogenic releases. Our model predicts that social capital, by enabling information …