The Economic Impact of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990*

Dale Jorgenson and Peter Wilcoxen

The Energy Journal, 1993, vol. 14, issue 1, 159-182

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to quantify the economic impact of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The long-run cost of environmental regulations enacted prior to 1990 amounts to 2.59% of the U.S. national product. The new legislation will reduce the national product by a further 0.6% when the impact is complete. Electric utilities and primary metals industries will be especially hard hit by this legislation.

Keywords: Clean Air Act Amendments; US; Regulation; Air pollution; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol14-No1-7

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