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Valuing Air Quality Using Happiness Data : The Case of China
Zhang, Xin - 2016
This paper estimates the monetary value of cutting PM2.5, a dominant source of air pollution in China. By matching … interviews in China, we are able to estimate the relationship between local concentration of particulate matter and individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987669
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Life Satisfaction and Air Quality in Europe
Ferreira, Susana - 2012
Concerns for environmental quality and its impact on people's welfare are fundamental arguments for the adoption of environmental legislation in most countries. In this paper, we analyse the relationship between air quality and subjective well-being in Europe. We use a unique dataset that merges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103468
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality : Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul - 2013
One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing countries, environmental regulations are rare and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087407
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Impact of the Clean Air Act on Air Pollution and Infant Health : Evidence from South Korea
Lee, Soohyung - 2018
This paper examines the extent to which the 2005 Clean Air Act introduced in South Korea affected air pollution and infant health. To identify the causal effect, we exploit the time and geographical variations in the adoption of the Act between 2003 and 2006. During this period, the Clean Air...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918259
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City Size, Pollution and Emission Policies
Pflüger, Michael - 2018
This paper develops a micro-founded city systems model with an endogenous number of cities to explore whether local governments establish the optimal city size when production processes involve environmental pollution. Our analysis delivers two key insights. First, if an optimal scheme to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925517
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Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality : Evidence from the Nox Budget Program and Ozone Reductions
Deschenes, Olivier - 2014
Demand for air quality depends on health impacts and defensive investments that improve health, but little research assesses the empirical importance of defenses. We study an important cap-and-trade market, which dramatically reduced NOx emissions, a key ingredient in ozone formation. A rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013063105
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Pandemic Meets Pollution : Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by Covid-19
Isphording, Ingo E. - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829235
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Regional Price Differences in Urban China 1986-2001 : Estimation and Implication
Gong, Cathy Honge; Meng, Xin - 2021
Despite the intensive efforts made by economists to examine regional income inequality in China, limited attention has … in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial Price Index (SPI) is normally calculated using the Basket Cost … those obtained from the Basket Cost method. Further, regional price variations in urban China increased significantly during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325065
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The Effects of Exposure to Air Pollution on Subjective Well-Being in China
Zhang, Xin - 2019
satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and … air pollution would be higher if the hidden costs of air pollution on SWB in China are taken into account …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870167
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The Effect of Air Pollution on Body Weight and Obesity : Evidence from China
Deschenes, Olivier - 2019
We provide the first study estimating the causal effect of air pollution on body weight. Using the China Health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870183