Equity and information: Information regulation, environmental justice, and risks from toxic chemicals

Marc D. Shapiro
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Marc D. Shapiro: The American Institutes for Research, Washington, D.C., Postal: The American Institutes for Research, Washington, D.C.

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005, vol. 24, issue 2, 373-398

Abstract: Decreases over time in pounds of industrial chemical emissions have led to concerns that nonminority, higher-income communities have benefited disproportionately in reductions in risk. Toxic chemical release data, modeled for toxicity and dispersion in square kilometer units across 45 states, are used to test six sets of hypotheses of potential interactions between facilities and the communities surrounding them. The results provide mixed evidence that ethnicity explains chemical emission changes. Stronger support is found that changes in emission patterns are affected by a community's ability to process complex information and its capacity for collective action, and industrial production factors. Some support is found for the efficacy of state environmental policies that both do and do not fit the traditional regulatory model in encouraging risk reductions. © 2005 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1002/pam.20094

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