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Social capital, environmental justice and carcinogenic waste releases: US county-level evidence, 1998–2019

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  • Ali Ataullah
  • Simeon Coleman
  • Hang Le
  • Zilong Wang

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We examine the role of social capital in explaining the highly unequal regional distribution of firms’ carcinogenic releases. Our model predicts that social capital, by enabling information-sharing and coordination among community members, decreases carcinogenic releases. Our analysis, based on the US county-level releases derived from around 2 million chemical-facility-level reports during the period 1998–2019 and the instrumental variables approach, confirms our prediction. However, the impact is reduced when counties rely on waste-releasing firms for economic opportunities. An important policy implication of our study is that the efficacy of initiatives to alleviate environmental injustice is likely to depend on communities’ social capital.

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  • Ali Ataullah & Simeon Coleman & Hang Le & Zilong Wang, 2023. "Social capital, environmental justice and carcinogenic waste releases: US county-level evidence, 1998–2019," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(11), pages 2220-2237, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:57:y:2023:i:11:p:2220-2237
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2022.2159023
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