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Voting Behavior on Carbon Pollution from Power Plants

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  • Joshua Hall

    (West Virginia University, Department of Economics)

  • Elham Erfanian

    (West Virginia University, Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics)

  • Caleb Stair

    (West Virginia University, Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics)

Abstract

Environmental regulation is a polarizing issue. In 2014, a bill came to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives that would limit the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency. This empirical note identifies the characteristics that influenced the voting behavior of House Representatives on this bill. Political party, educational background, the location quotient of the mining industry in the representative’s state, and the amount of emissions in the Representative’s state are considered. A member’s political party is the primary factor influencing voting behavior but the location quotient of the mining industry also plays an important role.

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  • Joshua Hall & Elham Erfanian & Caleb Stair, 2016. "Voting Behavior on Carbon Pollution from Power Plants," Working Papers 16-11, Department of Economics, West Virginia University.
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    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
    • Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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