In many developing countries, environmental quality remains low and policies to improve it have been inconsistently effective. This paper conducts a case study of environmental policy in India, focusing on unprecedented Supreme Court rulings that targeted industrial pollution in the Ganga River. In a difference-in-differences framework, the rulings are found to have precipitated reductions in river pollution and one-month infant mortality, both of...
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تفاصيل
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2016/8/19
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS7799
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2016/8/19
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Disclosed
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Can environmental policy reduce infant mortality ? evidence from the Ganga pollution cases
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