Interstate Hazardous Waste Shipments and Disposal Taxes (ICPSR 32141)

Version Date: Sep 30, 2011

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Principal Investigator(s):
Arik Levinson, Georgetown University

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR32141.v1

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Summary

This paper links the theoretical and empirical literatures on inter- jurisdictional tax and regulatory competition, focusing on the case of state hazardous waste disposal taxes. It begins by demonstrating that local environmental taxes can be inefficient, and that the inefficiency depends on the tax elasticity of polluters' responses. The paper then uses panel data from the Toxics Release Inventory to estimate the magnitude of the tax elasticities, and to demonstrate the empirical relevance of the theoretical inefficiency of local taxes.

Citation

Levinson, Arik. Interstate Hazardous Waste Shipments and Disposal Taxes. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-09-30. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR32141.v1

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Funding

National Science Foundation (9515057)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

state

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1989 -- 1995

Date of Collection

1999

Data Collection Notes

  1. A zipped package contains Microsoft Word documents and a Stata file containing the data, tables, and figures used in the publication.

  2. This document is part of ICPSR's Publication-Related Archive and is distributed exactly as it arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the principal investigator if further information is desired.

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Universe

2304 (48x48) state pairs

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Original Release Date

2011-09-30

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Levinson, Arik. Interstate Hazardous Waste Shipments and Disposal Taxes. ICPSR32141-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-09-30. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR32141.v1
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  • These data are flagged as replication datasets and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.