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Technological change for sulfur dioxide scrubbers under market-based regulation

Journal Article · · Land Economics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3368/le.81.4.546· OSTI ID:20700977
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  1. University of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Economics
The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) introduced tradable permits for controlling sulfur dioxide (SO{sub 2}) emissions from coal-burning power plants and forced scrubbers to compete with other SO{sub 2} abatement options. While the flexibility of permits reduced overall compliance costs, a secondary benefit would exist if there were resulting advances in scrubber technology. A hedonic model is used to estimate the effect of changing regulatory regimes on scrubber costs. While scrubbers installed under the 1990 CAAA are cheaper to purchase and operate than older scrubbers, these cost reductions seem to be a one-time drop rather than a continual decline.
OSTI ID:
20700977
Journal Information:
Land Economics, Journal Name: Land Economics Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 81; ISSN 0023-7639
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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