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Three Essays On Environmental And Energy Economics, Maher F. Mekky
Three Essays On Environmental And Energy Economics, Maher F. Mekky
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
In this dissertation, three related topics are investigated about environmental and energy economics. The research in these essays utilize panel data and regression models. The overall theme of these essays is to explore the relationships between energy and the environment in the United States (U.S.).
In the first essay, using data from fifty U.S. states between 2012 and 2020, the impacts of three types of state level policies on electric vehicles (EV) adoption are examined: 1) policies that mitigate the environmental impacts from energy production, 2) policies that provide financial incentives to consumers for EV purchase, and 3) policies that …