A CHANGE POINT ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF "ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERALISM" ON AGGREGATE AIR QUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES: 1940-98

During President Reagan's administration, environmental policy making was substantially shifted from the federal level to the state and local levels. We use techniques in Bai (1997a, 1997b) to determine change points in the trends of three important air pollution series. We find that the benefi...

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Published in:Economic inquiry 2006-01, Vol.44 (1), p.109-120
Main Authors: FOMBY, THOMAS B., LIN, LIMIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air cleanliness
Air pollution
Air quality
Emissions
Empirical tests
Environmental aspects
Environmental economics
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
Expenditures
Federal legislation
Federalism
Government spending
Impact analysis
Legislation
Outdoor air quality
Policy analysis
Political economy
Pollutants
Population
Presidents
Studies
Time series
Trends
U.S.A
VOCs
Volatile organic compounds
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Summary:During President Reagan's administration, environmental policy making was substantially shifted from the federal level to the state and local levels. We use techniques in Bai (1997a, 1997b) to determine change points in the trends of three important air pollution series. We find that the beneficial trends in the emission series began with federal legislation and were not due to the Reagan devolution. However, second‐round change point tests indicate that the beneficial trends in the emissions series that began with federal legislation continued unabated following the Reagan devolution. (JEL Q20, C50)
ISSN:0095-2583
1465-7295
DOI:10.1093/ei/cbj006