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China’s War on Pollution : Evidence from the First Five Years
Greenstone, Michael; He, Guojun; Li, Shanjun; Zou, Eric - 2021
pollution. This article describes the recent trends in air and water quality, with a focus on the five years since China … declared a “war on pollution” in 2014. It summarizes the emerging literature that has taken advantage of accompanying … pollution, and understand their social, economic, and health consequences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243554
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Do Housing Prices Reflect Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from More than 1600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings
Currie, Janet - 2012
A ubiquitous and largely unquestioned assumption in studies of housing markets is that there is perfect information about local amenities. This paper measures the housing market and health impacts of 1,600 openings and closings of industrial plants that emit toxic pollutants. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096160
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Up in smoke : the influence of household behavior on the long-run impact of improved cooking stoves
Hanna, Rema; Duflo, Esther; Greenstone, Michael - 2012
It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and … evidence, from a randomized control trial conducted in rural Orissa, India (one of the poorest places in India) on the benefits … of a commonly used improved stove that laboratory tests showed to reduce indoor air pollution and require less fuel. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009541336
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The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Profits and Random Fluctuations in Weather
Greenstone, Michael; Deschenes, Olivier - 2006
This paper measures the economic impact of climate change on US agricultural land by estimating the effect of the presumably random year-to-year variation in temperature and precipitation on agricultural profits. Using long-run climate change predictions from the Hadley 2 Model, the preferred...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312511
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The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Profits and Random Fluctuations in Weather
Greenstone, Michael; Deschenes, Olivier - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
This paper measures the economic impact of climate change on US agricultural land by estimating the effect of the presumably random year-to-year variation in temperature and precipitation on agricultural profits. Using long-run climate change predictions from the Hadley 2 Model, the preferred...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005570359
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The Economic Impacts of Climate Change : Evidence from Agricultural Profits and Random Fluctuations in Weather
Greenstone, Michael; Deschenes, Olivier - 2012
This paper measures the economic impact of climate change on US agricultural land by estimating the effect of the presumably random year-to-year variation in temperature and precipitation on agricultural profits. Using long-run climate change predictions from the Hadley 2 Model, the preferred...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014059984
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The Economic Impacts of Climate Change : Evidence from Agricultural Profits and Random Fluctuations in Weather
Deschenes, Olivier; Greenstone, Michael - 2012
This paper measures the economic impact of climate change on US agricultural land by estimating the effect of the presumably random year-to-year variation in temperature and precipitation on agricultural profits. Using long-run climate change predictions from the Hadley 2 Model, the preferred...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014070696
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The Economic Impacts of Climate Change : Evidence from Agricultural Profits and Random Fluctuations in Weather
Deschenes, Olivier; Greenstone, Michael - 2012
This paper measures the economic impact of climate change on US agricultural land by estimating the effect of the presumably random year-to-year variation in temperature and precipitation on agricultural profits. Using long-run climate change predictions from the Hadley 2 Model, the preferred...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014055096
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Do Housing Prices Reflect Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from More than 1600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings
Currie, Janet; Greenstone, Michael; Davis, Lucas; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
A ubiquitous and largely unquestioned assumption in studies of housing markets is that there is perfect information about local amenities. This paper measures the housing market and health impacts of 1,600 openings and closings of industrial plants that emit toxic pollutants. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821913
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Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves
Duflo, Esther; Greenstone, Michael; Hanna, Rema - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and … provide new evidence, from a randomized control trial conducted in rural Orissa, India (one of the poorest places in India …), on the benefits of a commonly used improved stove that laboratory tests showed to reduce indoor air pollution and require …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271429