Ali Ataullah
Social capital, environmental justice and carcinogenic waste releases: US county-level evidence, 1998–2019
Ataullah, Ali; Coleman, Simeon; Le, Hang; Wang, Zilong
Abstract
We examine the role of social capital in explaining the highly unequal regional distribution of firms’ carcinogenic releases. Our model predicts that social capital, by enabling information-sharing and coordination among community members, decreases carcinogenic releases. Our analysis, based on the US county-level releases derived from around 2 million chemical-facility-level reports during the period 1998–2019 and the instrumental variables approach, confirms our prediction. However, the impact is reduced when counties rely on waste-releasing firms for economic opportunities. An important policy implication of our study is that the efficacy of initiatives to alleviate environmental injustice is likely to depend on communities’ social capital.
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Ataullah, A., Coleman, S., Le, H., & Wang, Z. (2023). Social capital, environmental justice and carcinogenic waste releases: US county-level evidence, 1998–2019. Regional Studies, 57(11), 2220-2237. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2159023
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 3, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 30, 2023 |
Publication Date | Nov 2, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Dec 19, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Regional Studies |
Print ISSN | 0034-3404 |
Electronic ISSN | 1360-0591 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 57 |
Issue | 11 |
Pages | 2220-2237 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2159023 |
Keywords | General Social Sciences, General Environmental Science |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/15160042 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2022.2159023 |
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