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causes, the most important causes of premature mortality associated with heat wave and air pollution, among the Italian … especially sensitive to extreme heat and air pollution - such as the elderly, those in compromised health, and those living alone …
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The use of environmental policy instruments such as eco-labelling and pesticide taxes should preferably be based on disaggregate estimates of the individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) for pesticide risk reductions. We review the empirical valuation literature dealing with pesticide risk exposure...
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This study explores the link between environmental degradation, economic growth and income inequality within the framework of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) literature. To investigate this issue, we examine how inequality affects carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their relationship with...
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We use conjoint choice questions to investigate people s preferences for income and reductions in mortality risks delivered by contaminated site remediation policies. Our survey is self-administered using the computer by residents of four cities in Italy with severely contaminated sites. We...
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The paper presents estimation of the health losses from urban air pollution in Ukraine. The methodology developed by US … total, air pollution related mortality represents about 6 percent of total mortality in Ukraine. In Russia the corresponding … indicator totals about 4 percent. The relative mortality risk attributed to air pollution calculated per 100 000 population in …
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that the influence of environment on optimal growth in the long-run may be explained by the detrimental effect of pollution … ability of the agents to learn is independent to pollution and utility is additively separable. Finally, it establishes that …
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In order to complete cost benefit analyses of acidification policies, an attempt was made to monetarize the benefits of increased nature quality. So far, several benefits of acidification abatement, such as reduced health risks, had been determined, but the benefits of increased nature quality...
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Valuing a change in the risk of death is a key input into the calculation of the benefits of environmental policies that save lives. Typically such risks are monetized using the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL). Because the majority of the lives saved by environmental policies are those of...
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The paper focuses on the ongoing debate on non-market valuation, including the valuation environmental goods, and the opportunity to use contingent valuation for policy guidance. In fact, contingent valuation critics argue that reported willingness to pay answers do not reflect real economic...
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In this paper we test empirically with the Nordhaus and Yang (1996) RICE model the core property of the transfer scheme advocated by Germain, Toint and Tulkens (1997). This scheme is designed to sustain full co-operation in a voluntary international environmental agreement by making all...
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