I document negative externalities of air pollution in the Indian agricultural sector. Using variation in pollution … induced by changes in wind across years, I show that higher levels of pollution lead to decreased agricultural productivity …, with large changes in productivity being common. The negative effects of pollution are larger in areas growing more labor …

I document externalities in the agricultural sector of India due to air pollution. Using variation in pollution induced … pollution from coal plants has a larger effect on agricultural productivity than other types of pollution. Given that the … agricultural sector is a refuge for the poor in many developing countries, these results suggest that the effects of pollution may …