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Spatial Regulation of Air Toxics Hot Spots

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  • Rama Mohana R. Turaga
  • Douglas Noonan
  • Ann Bostrom

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This paper analyzes the potential implications, in terms of net social costs and distribution of risks and abatement costs, of a policy to address the problem of air toxics “hot spots.” The policy we analyze involves regulation of air toxics sources at increasingly finer spatial resolutions. We develop a model of a decisionmaker choosing emission standards within a net cost minimization framework. Empirical application of the model to two counties in Florida demonstrates that regulation at finer resolutions could involve trade‐offs between net social costs and equitable distribution of risks and, in some settings, between individual and population risks.

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  • Rama Mohana R. Turaga & Douglas Noonan & Ann Bostrom, 2015. "Spatial Regulation of Air Toxics Hot Spots," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 34(2), pages 298-327, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:34:y:2015:i:2:p:298-327
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