Relief For the Environment? The Importance of An Increasingly Unimportant Industrial Sector
Deindustrialization, stagnant real incomes of production workers, and increasing inequality are latter day features of many economies. It is common to assume that such developments pressure policymakers to relax environmental standards. However, when heavily polluting industries become less importan...
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| author | Gassebner, M. Gaston, Noel Lamla, M. |
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| description | Deindustrialization, stagnant real incomes of production workers, and increasing inequality are latter day features of many economies. It is common to assume that such developments pressure policymakers to relax environmental standards. However, when heavily polluting industries become less important economically, their political importance also tends to diminish. Consequently, a regulator may increase the stringency of environmental policies. Like some other studies, we find that declining industrial employment translates into stricter environmental standards. In contrast to previous studies, but consistent with our argument, we find that greater income inequality is associated with policies that promote a cleaner environment. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-445652018-03-29T09:07:09Z Relief For the Environment? The Importance of An Increasingly Unimportant Industrial Sector Gassebner, M. Gaston, Noel Lamla, M. cleaner environment income inequality Deindustrialization, stagnant real incomes of production workers, and increasing inequality are latter day features of many economies. It is common to assume that such developments pressure policymakers to relax environmental standards. However, when heavily polluting industries become less important economically, their political importance also tends to diminish. Consequently, a regulator may increase the stringency of environmental policies. Like some other studies, we find that declining industrial employment translates into stricter environmental standards. In contrast to previous studies, but consistent with our argument, we find that greater income inequality is associated with policies that promote a cleaner environment. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44565 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2007.00086.x Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. restricted |
| spellingShingle | cleaner environment income inequality Gassebner, M. Gaston, Noel Lamla, M. Relief For the Environment? The Importance of An Increasingly Unimportant Industrial Sector |
| title | Relief For the Environment? The Importance of An Increasingly Unimportant Industrial Sector |
| title_full | Relief For the Environment? The Importance of An Increasingly Unimportant Industrial Sector |
| title_fullStr | Relief For the Environment? The Importance of An Increasingly Unimportant Industrial Sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relief For the Environment? The Importance of An Increasingly Unimportant Industrial Sector |
| title_short | Relief For the Environment? The Importance of An Increasingly Unimportant Industrial Sector |
| title_sort | relief for the environment? the importance of an increasingly unimportant industrial sector |
| topic | cleaner environment income inequality |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44565 |