Benefit-cost analyses of health regulations traditionally evaluate their economic efficiency--ignoring equity. To help address the importance of equity, we develop a survey to elicit respondents' preferences towards equality in health risks stemming from environmental causes. Survey responses...

Ground-level ozone remains a serious problem in the United States. Because ozone non-attainment is a summer problem, episodic rather than continuous controls of ozone precursors are possible. We evaluate the costs and effectiveness of an episodic scheme that requires people to buy permits to...