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What Do Economists Have to Say about the Clean Air Act 50 Years after the Establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency?†

What Do Economists Have to Say about the Clean Air Act 50 Years after the Establishment of the... AbstractAir quality in the United States has improved dramatically over the past 50 years in large part due to the introduction of the Clean Air Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce it. This article is a reflection on the 50-year anniversary of the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency, describing what economic research says about the ways in which the Clean Air Act has shaped our society—in terms of costs, benefits, and important distributional concerns. We conclude with a discussion of how recent changes to both policy and technology present new opportunities for researchers in this area. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Economic Perspectives American Economic Association

What Do Economists Have to Say about the Clean Air Act 50 Years after the Establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency?†

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Publisher
American Economic Association
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 © American Economic Association
ISSN
0895-3309
DOI
10.1257/jep.33.4.3
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Abstract

AbstractAir quality in the United States has improved dramatically over the past 50 years in large part due to the introduction of the Clean Air Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce it. This article is a reflection on the 50-year anniversary of the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency, describing what economic research says about the ways in which the Clean Air Act has shaped our society—in terms of costs, benefits, and important distributional concerns. We conclude with a discussion of how recent changes to both policy and technology present new opportunities for researchers in this area.

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Journal of Economic PerspectivesAmerican Economic Association

Published: Nov 1, 2019

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