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Are emission performance standards effective in pollution control? Evidence from the EU's large combustion plant directive

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Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1773
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper explores the extent to which the Large Combustion Plant (LCP) Directive succeeded in mitigating local air pollutants from thermal electricity generating plants in the European Union. Using yearly data on plant-level operations from the EEA, we investigate whether emissions limits on stack concentrations were effective in cleaning emissions from existing combustion plants and a catalyst for improved environmental performance of new installations. We take advantage of the discontinuities in regulation status to show that the emission performance standards led to sizeable declines in SO2, NOx, and particle dust concentrations at the stack level from older combustion plants. We also find suggestive evidence of anticipation effects from newer plants in response to tighter emission standards.
Subjects: 
Air pollution
Emission standards
Large combustion plant
EU
JEL: 
Q53
Q58
K32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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