TY - JOUR
T1 - Impacts of Air Pollution Control Strategies in Kentucky
AU - SCOTT, FRANK A.
AU - BERGER, MARK C.
AU - BLOMQUIST, GLENN C.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1988/4
Y1 - 1988/4
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impacts of air pollution control strategies for one state, Kentucky, on its own economy. Effects of the Clean Air Act are estimated, but the emphasis is on scenarios for compliance with pending acid rain legislation. The most restrictive scenario involves a 478,000 ton per year reduction in SO2. Based on elasticity and engineering estimates, we project shifts from high‐sulfur Western Kentucky coal to low‐sulfur Eastern Kentucky coal, higher electric utility rates and manufacturing costs, and lower manufacturing employment. Impacts are always less than 6 percent of 1985 levels.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impacts of air pollution control strategies for one state, Kentucky, on its own economy. Effects of the Clean Air Act are estimated, but the emphasis is on scenarios for compliance with pending acid rain legislation. The most restrictive scenario involves a 478,000 ton per year reduction in SO2. Based on elasticity and engineering estimates, we project shifts from high‐sulfur Western Kentucky coal to low‐sulfur Eastern Kentucky coal, higher electric utility rates and manufacturing costs, and lower manufacturing employment. Impacts are always less than 6 percent of 1985 levels.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-2257.1988.tb00468.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-2257.1988.tb00468.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0023816516
SN - 0017-4815
VL - 19
SP - 40
EP - 55
JO - Growth and Change
JF - Growth and Change
IS - 2
ER -