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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111688
	Spatial spillovers of pollution onto the underground sector
	Goel R.K.; Saunoris J.W.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	03014215
卷号	144
英文摘要	This paper examines the spatial spillovers of pollution onto the underground economy. The extant literature has considered the pollution-informal economy nexus to some extent, but the spillover effects across national borders have been ignored. Pollution can increase the underground sector when some formal sector production moves to the informal sector (“scale effect”), whereas greater pollution can reduce the underground sector when it invites tougher regulations (“substitution effect”). Results, based on a panel of more than 130 nations and allowing for reverse causality, show both own- and border pollution reduce the underground sector - consistent with the substitution effect. In other results, we find opposite effects of economic and political freedom, and some differences in the influences of specific dimensions of economic freedom and the role of the government. Further, we find that while the size of government increases the underground sector, better institutional quality reduces it. Policy implications of these findings are discussed. The spillovers from neighboring nations are especially relevant for nations that are not islands, which is true for a majority of countries around the world. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Government Pollution Spatial analysis Spillovers Underground economy
英文关键词	Economics; Public policy; Economic freedom; Formal sector; Informal economy; Informal sector; Institutional qualities; Policy implications; Spillover effects; Substitution effect; Pollution control; black market; border region; economic impact; parallel economy; pollution control; pollution effect; spatial analysis; spillover effect; state role; transboundary pollution
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/204671
作者单位	Illinois State University, United States; Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany; Eastern Michigan University, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Goel R.K.,Saunoris J.W.. Spatial spillovers of pollution onto the underground sector[J],2020,144.
APA	Goel R.K.,&Saunoris J.W..(2020).Spatial spillovers of pollution onto the underground sector.Energy Policy,144.
MLA	Goel R.K.,et al."Spatial spillovers of pollution onto the underground sector".Energy Policy 144(2020).