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NIPR--New Ideas in Pollution Regulation

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Working Papers

WPS3428Who suffers from indoor air pollution? evidence from BangladeshDasgupt, Susmita; Huq, Mainul; Khaliquzzaman, M.; Pandey, Kiran; Wheeler, David2004/10
WPS3393Indoor air quality for poor families: new evidence from BangladeshDasgupta, Susmita; Huq, Mainul; Khaliquzzaman, M.; Pandey, Kiran; Wheeler, David2004/09
WPS3383Air pollution during growth : accounting for governance and vulnerabilityHamilton, Kirk; Dasgupta, Susmita; Pandey, Kiran; Wheeler,David R.2004/08
WPS3344Disclosure of environmental violations and the stock market in the Republic of KoreaDasgupta, Susmita; Jong Ho Hong; Laplante, Benoit; Mamingi, Nlandu2004/06
WPS3269How has environment mattered ? an analysis of World Bank resource allocationAcharya, Anjali; Ijjasz-Vasquez, Ede Jorge; Hamilton, Kirk; Buys, Piet; Dasgupta, Susmita; Meisner, Craig; Pandey, Kiran; Wheeler, David2004/04
WPS3267The Economics of Regional Poverty-Environment Programs: An Application for Lao People's Democratic RepublicBuys, Piet; Chomitz, Kenneth; Dasgupta, Susmita; Deichmann, Uwe; Larsen, Bjorn; Meisner, Craig; Nygard, Jostein; Pandey, Kiran; Pinnoi, Nat; Wheeler, David2004/04
WPS3097Measuring up - new directions for environmental programs at the World BankBuys, Piet; Dasgupta, Susmita; Meisner, Craig; Pandey, Kiran; Wheeler, David; Bolt, Katharine; Hamilton, Kirk; Limin Wang2003/07

Country Briefings

WPS2756Incomplete enforcement of pollution regulation : bargaining power of Chinese factoriesHua Wang; Mamingi, Nlandu; Laplante, Benoit; Dasgupta, Susmita2002/01
WPS2336Endogenous enforcement and effectiveness of China's pollution levy systemHua Wang; Wheeler, David2000/05
WPS2245Opportunities for improving environmental compliance in MexicoDasgupta, Susmita1999/11
WPS2236Valuing water for Chinese industries : a marginal productivity assessmentWang, Hua; Lall, Somik1999/11
WPS2198How the Chinese system of charges and subsidies affects pollution control efforts by China's top industrial pollutersHua Wang; Ming Chen1999/10
WPS2078Valuing mortality reductions in India : a study of compensating wage differentialsSimon, Nathalie B.; Cropper, Maureen L.; Alberini, Anna; Arora, Seema1999/01
WPS2029Small manufacturing plants, pollution, and poverty : new evidence from Brazil and MexicoDasgupta, Susmita; Lucas, Robert E. B.; Wheeler, David1998/12
WDP381Market-based instruments for environmental policymaking in Latin America and the Caribbean - lessons from eleven countriesHuber, Richard M.; Ruitenbeek, Jack; Seroa da Motta,Ronaldo1998/11
WPS1877What improves environmental performance? evidence from Mexican industryDasgupta, Susmita; Hettige, Hemamala; Wheeler, David1998/01
WPS1860The health effects of air pollution in Delhi, IndiaCropper, Maureen L.; Simon, Nathalie B.; Alberini, Anna; Sharma, P. K.1997/12
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Impact of the Market

WPS1909Capital markets responses to environmental performance in developing countriesDasgupta, Susmita; Laplante, Benoit; Mamingi, Nlandu1998/04
WPS1753Can capital markets create incentives for pollution control?Lanoie, Paul; Laplante, Benoit; Roy, Maite1997/04
WPS1630Water pollution abatement by Chinese industry : cost estimates and policy implicationsDasgupta, Susmita; Huq, Minul; Wheeler, David; Chonghua Zhang1996/08

Role of Community

WPS2889Environmental performance rating and disclosure - China's green-watch programHua Wang; Jun Bi; Wheeler, David; Jinnan Wang; Dong Cao; Genfa Lu; Yuan Wang2002/09
WPS1921Making voice work : the report card on Banglalore's public servicePaul, Samuel1998/05
WPS1704Citizen complaints as environmental indicators : evidence from ChinaDasgupta, Susmita; Wheeler, David1997/01
WPS1710Why paper mills clean up : determinants of pollution abatement in four Asian countriesHartman, Raymond S.; Huq, Mainul; Wheeler, David1997/01
WPS1416Informal regulation of industrial pollution in developing countries : evidence from IndonesiaPargal, Sheoli; Wheeler, David1995/02

Incentives & Behavior

WPS2936Industrial ownership and environmental performance : evidence from ChinaHua Wang; Yanhong Jin2002/12
WPS2937The determinants of Government environmental performance - an empirical analysis of Chinese townshipsHua Wang; Wenhua Di2002/12
WPS2756Incomplete enforcement of pollution regulation : bargaining power of Chinese factoriesHua Wang; Mamingi, Nlandu; Laplante, Benoit; Dasgupta, Susmita2002/01
WPS2285Industrial environmental performance in China - the impact of inspectionsDasgupta, Susmita; Laplante, Benoit; Namingi, Nlandu; Hua Wang2000/02
WPS2029Small manufacturing plants, pollution, and poverty : new evidence from Brazil and MexicoDasgupta, Susmita; Lucas, Robert E. B.; Wheeler, David1998/12
WPS1876Industrial pollution in economic development: Kuznets revisitedHettige, Hemamala; Mani, Muthukumara; Wheeler, David1998/01
WPS1810Inspections and emissions in India : puzzling survey evidence about industrial pollutionPargal, Sheoli; Mani, Muthukumara; Huq, Mainul1997/08
WPS1797Formal and informal regulation of industrial pollution : comparative evidence from Indonesia and the United StatesPargal, Sheoli; Hettige, Hemamala; Singh, Manjula; Wheeler, David1997/07
WPS1761Bending the rules : discretionary pollution control in ChinaDasgupta, Susmita; Huq, Mainul; Wheeler, David1997/05
WPS1718Does environmental regulation matter? Determinants of the location of new manufacturing plants in India in 1994Mani, Muthukumara; Pargal, Sheoli; Huq, Mainul1997/02
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Datasets

WPS1876Industrial pollution in economic development: Kuznets revisitedHettige, Hemamala; Mani, Muthukumara; Wheeler, David1998/01
WPS1877What improves environmental performance? evidence from Mexican industryDasgupta, Susmita; Hettige, Hemamala; Wheeler, David1998/01
WPS1431The industrial pollution projection systemHettige, Hemamala; Martin, Paul; Singh, Manjula; Wheeler,David R.1995/03
WPS1398The cost of air pollution abatementHartman, Raymond; Wheeler, David; Singh, Manjula1994/12




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