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Air-Pollution Control in an Emergent Market: Does It Work? Evidence from Romania

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  • Ionica Oncioiu

    (Faculty of Finance–Banking, Accountancy and Business Administration, Titu Maiorescu University, 040051 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Tatiana Dănescu

    (Faculty of Economics and Law, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu-Mures, 540139 Targu Mures, Romania)

  • Maria-Alexandra Popa

    (Faculty of Economics and Law, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu-Mures, 540139 Targu Mures, Romania)

Abstract

Economic development in a national and international context must be based on a sustainability strategy established on the systemic interaction between the economic, sociocultural, and ecological environments. Today, the world is confronted by many challenges related to climate change and natural-resource flows, including waste streams resulting from economic activity. The need for national and European environmental standards and the work of an environment monitoring authority to reduce air pollution are highlighted by economic and industrial activities. Thus, our research focused on determining if emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), nitrogen (NO 2 ), and particulate matter 10 (PM 10 ) are influenced by planned and unplanned inspections made by competent authorities from Romania. We built a regression model that estimates the influence of economic measures imposed by the authorities on reducing industrial air pollution. Preliminary results showed that the number of inspections negatively influences air pollution, indicating that national and local authorities in Romania are striving to maintain air quality and are conducting more inspections when air pollution is high.

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  • Ionica Oncioiu & Tatiana Dănescu & Maria-Alexandra Popa, 2020. "Air-Pollution Control in an Emergent Market: Does It Work? Evidence from Romania," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(8), pages 1-15, April.
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