Tools for Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Green Growth : The U.S. and Mexico

This paper examines the processes used in the United States and Mexico to assess the economic costs and benefits of environmental improvement, the kinds of information obtained from these procedures, and the additional knowledge that is needed abou...

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Main Authors:	Harrington, Winston, Morgenstern, Richard, Velez-Lopez, Daniel
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABATEMENT ABATEMENT COSTS ACCIDENTS AIR AIR POLLUTANT AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY STANDARDS ALLOCATION AMENDMENT ANNUAL COST ANNUAL COSTS ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS BENEFIT ANALYSIS BENEFIT ESTIMATES BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS BENEFITCOST ANALYSIS CLEAN AIR ACT CLEAN ENVIRONMENT CLIMATES COMPLIANCE COSTS COMPLIANCE LEVELS COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS CONSULTATION COST ANALYSIS COST ESTIMATES COST OF COMPLIANCE COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-EFFECTIVENESS COSTS OF REGULATION COSTS OF REGULATIONS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIESEL DIESEL ENGINES DIESEL VEHICLES DRAFT REGULATIONS DRINKING WATER ECOLOGICAL PRESERVATION ECOLOGY ECONOMIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC INCENTIVE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC QUESTIONS ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS CONTROLS EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EQUILIBRIUM EXECUTIVE ORDER EXECUTIVE ORDERS EXHAUST EMISSIONS EXPENDITURES FATALITIES FATALITY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERAL REGULATIONS FINAL APPROVAL FINAL REPORT FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FUEL FUEL QUALITY GASOLINE GASOLINE VEHICLES GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGHWAY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT JOBS LEGAL REQUIREMENT LEGISLATION MAJOR REGULATIONS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARKET FAILURE MARKET PRICES MONETARY TERMS MOTOR VEHICLES NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION NATURAL RESOURCES NONCOMPLIANCE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT OIL OIL REFINERIES OPPORTUNITY COSTS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY ANALYSTS POLICY GOAL POLICY GOALS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTER BEHAVIOR POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION CONTROLS POLLUTION LEVELS POWER GENERATION PRESENT VALUE PRICE CHANGES PRIVATE COSTS PRODUCTION COSTS PUBLIC DISCUSSION PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PURCHASING POWER QUALITY MANAGEMENT QUALITY STANDARDS REGULATORS REGULATORY AFFAIRS REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY APPROACH REGULATORY APPROACHES REGULATORY BENEFIT REGULATORY COSTS REGULATORY DECISIONS REGULATORY IMPACT REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS REGULATORY IMPACTS REGULATORY ISSUES REGULATORY OPTION REGULATORY OPTIONS REGULATORY POLICY REGULATORY PROCESSES REGULATORY PROGRAM REGULATORY PROGRAMS REGULATORY REFORM REGULATORY SYSTEM RESEARCH AGENDA RISK REDUCTION ROUTE RULES SAFETY SAFETY REGULATION SAFETY REGULATIONS SAFETY STANDARDS SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL WELFARE STANDARD REGULATORY PROCESS SUBJECT TO REGULATION SULFUR DIOXIDE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TOTAL BENEFITS TOTAL COST TOTAL COSTS TOXIC SUBSTANCES TRAFFIC TRAFFIC SAFETY TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION TRUE TYPES OF REGULATIONS VEHICLE VEHICLE EMISSION VEHICLE EMISSIONS VEHICLE SAFETY VEHICLES WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16840589/tools-assessing-costs-benefits-green-growth-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12075

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Summary:	This paper examines the processes used in the United States and Mexico to assess the economic costs and benefits of environmental improvement, the kinds of information obtained from these procedures, and the additional knowledge that is needed about both elements to improve understanding of the problems and prospects of advancing a green growth agenda. Because environmental and other development needs are large and resources are limited, it is important to choose the best projects, those with the highest returns on both public investments and private resources harnessed by regulation. The United States is well-established as a world leader in the use of quantitative methods to evaluate options for environmental regulation and policy. Mexico represents a case where a developing country has made clear advances in reforming its economy and in introducing transparency in its regulatory processes for environmental and other policy areas.

Tools for Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Green Growth : The U.S. and Mexico

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