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Mortality Burden From Wildfire Smoke Under Climate Change
Qiu, Minghao; Li, Jessica; Gould, Carlos F.; Jing, Renzhi; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Wildfire activity has increased in the US and is projected to accelerate under future climate change. However, our understanding of the impacts of climate change on wildfire smoke and health remains highly uncertain. We quantify the past and future mortality burden in the US due to wildfire...
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Impacts of Climate Change and Extreme Weather on U.S. Agricultural Productivity : Evidence and Projection
Wang, Sun Ling - 2017
.S. agricultural productivity using 1940-1970 historical weather data (mean and variation) as the norm. We have four major findings … a state's productivity. Third, the impacts of THI load shock and Oury index shock variables (deviations from historical … norm fluctuations) on productivity are more robust than the level of THI and Oury index variables across specifications …
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The intended and unintended effects of US agricultural and biotechnology policies
Zivin, Joshua S. Graff (contributor);  … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009517862
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What's Missing in Environmental (Self-)Monitoring : Evidence from Strategic Shutdowns of Pollution Monitors
Mu, Yingfei; Rubin, Edward; Zou, Eric - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Regulators often rely on self-reported data to determine compliance. Tolerance for missingness in self-monitoring data may create incentives for local agents to strategically decide when (not) to monitor regulated activities. This paper builds a framework to detect whether local governments skip...
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The Real Effects of Mandatory CSR Disclosure on Emissions : Evidence from the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
Yang, Lavender; Muller, Nicholas Z.; Liang, Pierre Jinghong - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We examine the real effects of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) on electric power plants in the United States. Starting in 2010, the GHGRP requires both the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions by facilities emitting more than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year to the...
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Racial Disparities in the Health Effects from Air Pollution : Evidence from Ports
Gillingham, Kenneth; Huang, Pei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This study examines the uneven effects of air pollution from maritime ports on physical and mental health across racial groups. We exploit quasi-random variation in vessels in port from weather events far out in the ocean to estimate how port traffic influences air pollution and human health. We...
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Air Pollution and Student Performance in the U.S
Gilraine, Michael; Zheng, Angela - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We combine satellite-based pollution data and test scores from over 10,000 U.S. school districts to estimate the relationship between air pollution and test scores. To deal with potential endogeneity we instrument for air quality using (i) year-to-year coal production variation and (ii) a...
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An Economic Analysis of U.S Public Transit Carbon Emissions Dynamics
Huang, Robert; Kahn, Matthew E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Urban public transit agencies spend billions of dollars each year on workers, durable capital and energy to supply transportation services. During a time of rising concern about climate change, the urban public transit sector has not significantly reduced its carbon footprint. Using data for the...
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Air Pollution and the Labor Market : Evidence from Wildfire Smoke
Borgschulte, Mark; Molitor, David; Zou, Eric Yongchen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We study how air pollution impacts the U.S. labor market by analyzing effects of drifting wildfire smoke that can affect populations far from the fires themselves. We link satellite smoke plumes with labor market outcomes to estimate that an additional day of smoke exposure reduces quarterly...
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Climate Regulatory Risk and Corporate Bonds
Seltzer, Lee H.; Starks, Laura T.; Zhu, Qifei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Investor concerns about climate and other environmental regulatory risks suggest that these risks should affect corporate bond risk assessment and pricing. We test this hypothesis and find that firms with poor environmental profiles or high carbon footprints tend to have lower credit ratings and...
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