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Can Property Values Capture Changes in Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from a Stated Preference Study in Italy and the UK

Guignet, Dennis; Alberini, Anna - 2013

among hypothetical variants of their home that differ in terms of mortality risks from air pollution and price. To our … quantitative and clearly specified measure of health risks. We find that Italian homeowners hold a value of a statistical life (VSL … respondents in the UK do not perceive air pollution where they live to be as threatening, and actually live in cities with …

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An Accidental Oil Spill Along the Belgian Coast: Results from a CV Study

van Biervliet, Karl; Le Roy, Dirk; Nunes, Paulo A.L.D. - 2006

This paper offers an economic assessment of the loss of non-use values resulting from different oil spill scenarios along the Belgian Coast. Estimation results show that if no oil spill prevention policy action is undertaken, a significant welfare loss may result. As a matter of fact, contingent...

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The benefits of contaminated site cleanup revisited: the case of Naples and Caserta, Italy

Alberini, Anna; Ščasný, Milan; Guignet, Dennis; … - 2010

Guerriero and Cairns (2009) recently estimate that contaminated sites and improper waste management result in 848 excess deaths per year in the provinces of Naples and Caserta in Southern Italy, 403 of which are fatal cancers. In the absence of estimates of the Value of a Prevented Fatality...

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The value of reducing cancer risks at contaminated sites: Are more heavily exposed people willing to pay more?

Alberini, Anna; Tonin, Stefania; Turvani, Margherita - 2009

We use conjoint choice questions to investigate people's tastes for cancer risk reductions and income in the context of public programs that would provide for remediation at abandoned industrial contaminated sites. Our survey was self-administered using the computer by persons living in the...

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Rates of time preferences for saving lives in the hazardous waste site context

Alberini, Anna; Tonin, Stefania; Turvani, Margherita - 2009

What is the rate at which people discount future lives saved? The answer to this question has important implications when comparing policies on the grounds of cost per life saved, especially in the context of hazardous waste site remediation, where risk reductions may occur at different times,...

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Quantifying the Ancillary Benefits of the Representative Concentration Pathways on Air Quality in Europe

Šcasný, Milan; Massetti, Emanuele; Melichar, Jan; … - 2015

pollution reductions on human health and on key assets by implementing the most advanced version of the ExternE methodology with … its Impact Pathway Analysis. We find that the mitigation scenario compatible with +2°C reduces total pollution costs in … pollution is equal to €22 per abated ton of CO2 in Europe. Less strict climate policy scenarios generate overall smaller, but …

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Does Hazardous Waste Matter? Evidence from the Housing Market and the Superfund Program

Greenstone, Michael; Gallagher, Justin - 2005

Approximately $30 billion (2000$) has been spent on Superfund clean-ups of hazardous waste sites, and remediation efforts are incomplete at roughly half of the 1,500 Superfund sites. This study estimates the effect of Superfund clean-ups on local housing price appreciation. We compare housing...

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What are the Effects of Contamination Risks on Commercial and Industrial Properties? Evidence from Baltimore, Maryland

Longo, Alberto; Alberini, Anna - 2005

Using the hedonic pricing approach, we investigate how the information released on public registries of contaminated and potentially contaminated sites affects nearby commercial and industrial properties in Baltimore, Maryland. We find that commercial and industrial properties are virtually...

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Paying for Permanence: Public Preferences for Contaminated Site Cleanup

Alberini, Anna; Tonin, Stefania; Turvani, Margherita; … - 2006

individual characteristics of the respondents, familiarity with contaminated sites, concern about the health effects of exposure …

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The Role of Risk Aversion and Lay Risk in the Probabilistic Externality Assessment for Oil Tanker Routes to Europe

Bigano, Andrea; Cassinelli, Mariaester; Markandya, Anil; … - 2006

Oil spills are a major cause of environmental concern, in particular for Europe. However, the traditional approach to the evaluation of the expected external costs of these accidents fails to take into full account the implications of their probabilistic nature. By adapting a methodology...

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