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Ranking State Environmental Outputs: Evidence from Panel Data
Author(s) -
List John A.,
McHone W. Warren
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
growth and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.657
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1468-2257
pISSN - 0017-4815
DOI - 10.1111/0017-4815.00117
Subject(s) - ranking (information retrieval) , panel data , econometrics , rank (graph theory) , construct (python library) , random effects model , state (computer science) , economics , environmental pollution , statistics , fixed effects model , mathematics , computer science , environmental science , environmental protection , algorithm , medicine , meta analysis , combinatorics , programming language , machine learning
This paper uses state‐level pollution data from 1986–1997 to construct two indices that rank U.S. states according to environmental outputs. A major finding is that marginal performers in other indices, such as Wyoming, garner top spots in these ranking systems. The paper also presents findings from fixed and random effects models of panel data that imply state income levels are positively associated with environmental outputs after a threshold level of income is obtained.