Racial disparities in environmental auditing
This paper investigates the role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in advancing environmental justice through monitoring and enforcement efforts mandated by the Clean Air Act. Our analysis relies on a comprehensive dataset encompassing auditing information from all environmentally relevant...
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| Format: | Book/Monograph Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg
Heidelberg University, Department of Economics
07 Mrz. 2024
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| Series: | AWI discussion paper series
no. 745 (February 2024) |
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AWI discussion paper series (no. 745 (February 2024))
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| DOI: | 10.11588/heidok.00034516 |
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| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/34516/6/Balietti_Zeising_dp745_2024.pdf Resolving-System, kostenfrei: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-345167 Resolving-System, kostenfrei: https://doi.org/10.11588/heidok.00034516 Langzeitarchivierung Nationalbibliothek, kostenfrei: https://d-nb.info/1322825335/34 Verlag, kostenfrei: http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/34516 Resolving-System, kostenfrei: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/289813 
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| Author Notes: | Anca Balietti, Tom Zeising |
| Summary: | This paper investigates the role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in advancing environmental justice through monitoring and enforcement efforts mandated by the Clean Air Act. Our analysis relies on a comprehensive dataset encompassing auditing information from all environmentally relevant plants between 2000 and 2018. Leveraging county-level variation in racial composition and environmental auditing, we find a substantial and persistent reduction in the proportion of inspected plants following increases in the share of non-White population. This decline coincides with a decrease in political activism, particularly among entities typically advocating for more stringent environmental protection. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| DOI: | 10.11588/heidok.00034516 |