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Urban Policy Effects on Carbon Mitigation

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  • Matthew E. Kahn

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The geographical location of economic activity within the United States has important implications for carbon mitigation. If households clustered in California’s cities rather than in more humid southern cities such as Memphis and Houston, then the average household carbon footprint would be lower. Such households would consume less electricity and this power would be generated by cleaner electric utilities. Within metropolitan areas, urban economic theory predicts that households create less greenhouse gas emissions when they live closer to the city center. This study uses three data sets reporting on household driving, public transit use and residential electricity consumption to provide evidence in support of the claim of a negative association between center city living and a household’s carbon footprint.

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  • Don Fullerton & Catherine Wolfram, 2012. "The Design and Implementation of US Climate Policy," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number full10-1, October.
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    1. Glaeser, Edward L. & Kahn, Matthew E., 2010. "The greenness of cities: Carbon dioxide emissions and urban development," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 67(3), pages 404-418, May.
    2. Kevin A. Hassett & Aparna Mathur & Gilbert E. Metcalf, 2009. "The Incidence of a U.S. Carbon Tax: A Lifetime and Regional Analysis," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 2), pages 155-178.
    3. Quigley, John M. & Raphael, Steven, 2006. "Regulation and the High Cost of Housing in California," Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy, Working Paper Series qt3hh7s35m, Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy.
    4. Eid, Jean & Overman, Henry G. & Puga, Diego & Turner, Matthew A, 2007. "Fat City: Questioning the Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity," CEPR Discussion Papers 6191, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    5. Julie Berry Cullen & Steven D. Levitt, 1999. "Crime, Urban Flight, And The Consequences For Cities," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 81(2), pages 159-169, May.
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    1. The Cost of Urban Density
      by Matthew E. Kahn in Environmental and Urban Economics on 2012-02-23 22:29:00
    2. Energy Consumption in the Suburbs
      by Matthew E. Kahn in Environmental and Urban Economics on 2011-11-26 18:05:00
    3. Noise in Cities
      by Matthew E. Kahn in Environmental and Urban Economics on 2011-03-05 04:36:00
    4. The Future of California’s Suburbs
      by Matthew E. Kahn in Legal Planet on 2012-04-07 20:22:40

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