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Grainger, Corbett Alden.

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Essays on distributional effects of regulations and institutions.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Essays on distributional effects of regulations and institutions./
Author:	Grainger, Corbett Alden.
Description:	103 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-11, Section: A, page: 4117.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-11A.
Subject:	Economics, Environmental. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3428950
ISBN:	9781124273525

Essays on distributional effects of regulations and institutions.
Grainger, Corbett Alden.

Essays on distributional effects of regulations and institutions. - 103 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-11, Section: A, page: 4117.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2010.

The first chapter considers the effects of gerrymandering on partisanship in the state legislature. I exploit the fact that the redistricting process in California has alternated between legislatively-drawn and panel-drawn districts since the mid-1960s. Using data at the state legislature level, I find evidence that legislatively-drawn districts have been, on average, less competitive than panel-drawn districts. Moreover, as districts become "safer" legislators tend to take more extreme positions on environmental and social issues, which leads to increased polarization.

ISBN: 9781124273525Subjects--Topical Terms:

1669564
Economics, Environmental.

Essays on distributional effects of regulations and institutions.
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520 $a The first chapter considers the effects of gerrymandering on partisanship in the state legislature. I exploit the fact that the redistricting process in California has alternated between legislatively-drawn and panel-drawn districts since the mid-1960s. Using data at the state legislature level, I find evidence that legislatively-drawn districts have been, on average, less competitive than panel-drawn districts. Moreover, as districts become "safer" legislators tend to take more extreme positions on environmental and social issues, which leads to increased polarization.
520 $a The second chapter considers the distributional effects of a carbon price in the United States. We use the 2003 Consumer Expenditure Survey and emissions estimates from an input-output model based on the 1997 US economy to estimate the incidence of a price on carbon induced by a cap-and-trade program or carbon tax. We present results on how much different income groups would pay for a carbon price as well as which industries would see the largest increase in costs due to a carbon price. We illustrate the main determinant of the regressivity: consumption patterns for energy-intensive goods. We discuss policy options to offset the adverse distributional effects of a carbon emissions policy.
520 $a The third chapter studies the empirical pass-through of the value of an environmental amenity. The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments caused a significant decrease in the concentration of suspended particulate matter (PM10), and economic theory suggests that these environmental improvements should be capitalized into housing values. This has distributional implications: if the increase in value due to cleaner air is fully passed forward to renters, renters may receive no net benefit from the regulations. Using instrumental variables, I find that the 1990 CAAA led to a significant increase in rental prices, but the effect is about half as large as that of owner-occupied housing values. Some of this difference is driven by income differences between renters and homeowners. Point estimates suggest that between 50% and 80% of the increase in value is passed on to renters in the form of higher rents. This suggests that landowners capture most of the benefits of the air quality regulations.
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