Title: Assessing the impact of air pollution controls on carbon monoxide reduction: the case of Taiwan

Authors: Bwo-Nung Huang, Anthony L. Loviscek

Addresses: Institute of International Economics, National Chung-Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan. ' Department of Economics, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA

Abstract: An inevitable external effect of economic growth, especially for countries in the early stages of growth, is air pollution. The Taiwan experience is a case in point. To control the pollution, Taiwan created the Environmental Protection Administration. This paper assesses the impact of the administration|s abatement policy on a primary component of air pollution, carbon monoxide. Using recent advances in time series analysis, we fail to find evidence of a successful policy. If carbon monoxide is to be significantly reduced, it appears that the Administration needs to adopt more stringent standards and innovative approaches.

Keywords: carbon monoxide; Environmental Protection Administration; outliers; Taiwan; air pollution; environmental pollution.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.1996.028263

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 1996 Vol.6 No.1, pp.13 - 21

Published online: 16 Sep 2009 *

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