Pollution and the State: The Role of the Structure of Government
| dc.creator | Lopez, Ramon E. | |
| dc.creator | Galinato, Gregmar I. | |
| dc.creator | Islam, Asif M. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:49:48Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:42:13Z | |
| dc.description | Government spending has significant environmental implications. This paper analyzes the effect of the allocation of government spending between public goods broadly defined and private goods or non-social subsidies on air and water pollution. The theoretical model predicts that a reallocation of expenditures from private subsidies to public goods improves environmental quality by reducing production pollution. We estimate an empirical model that shows that such a reallocation causes a significant reduction in air pollutants namely sulfur dioxide and lead and an improvement in water quality measures including dissolved oxygen and biological oxygen demand. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.48055 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/48055/files/galinato%20-%20pub%20exp%20and%20environment.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/48055 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/553728 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/48055 | |
| dc.title | Pollution and the State: The Role of the Structure of Government | |
| dc.type | Text |