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DESCRIPTION:A guest lecture by Professor Shareen Joshi of Georgetown Univer
 sity.\n\nAbstract:  Can judges enforce environmental justice? Though citiz
 ens increasingly rely on the judiciary to enforce environmental regulation
 s\, there is little empirical evidence on the effectiveness of judicial po
 licies in improving environmental outcomes. We report the first estimates 
 of the causal effects of judicial orders on water pollution and infant mor
 tality in India. We construct a comprehensive dataset spanning four decade
 s that includes court cases\, judicial decisions\, pollution indices\, and
  infant mortality rates. We leverage the quasi-random assignment of cases 
 to judges in India's courts\, as well as the writing style of judges in pr
 ior cases. We find that 'green' cases are temporally associated with reduc
 tions in peak toxicity levels\, but have almost no impact on infant mortal
 ity rates in subsequent months. Several years post-decision pollution and 
 mortality rates exceed pre-decision levels. This analysis highlights the p
 otentially limited effects of judicial environmental policies in high poll
 ution settings such as India.\n
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LOCATION:Room 160 (Arts Council Room)\, Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\
 , H3A 0G5\, 853 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Environmental Justice? Activist Judges\, Water Quality and Infant M
 ortality in India
URL:/isid/channels/event/environmental-justice-activis
 t-judges-water-quality-and-infant-mortality-india-350251
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