Increased pollution leads to a constant decrease of drinking water quality worldwide. Due to safety concerns, unpleasant taste and odour only about 3% of the population in South Korea is drinking untreated tap water. The present study uses choice experiments and cost-benefit analysis to...

To date, slowdown trends in the global 𝐶𝑂2 emissions registered in 2012 to 2015 argue due to the transformation from an industrial based on a less-energy intensive services oriented. Nevertheless, inconsistent and insufficient evidence of the role of sectoral composition in influencing the...

Using monthly regional data on air quality and large retail store sales in Korea, we empirically examine the effect of air pollution on retail sales. We account for regional heterogeneity in air pollution and control for various macroeconomic and climatic factors that can affect retail sales. We...

We suggest a model of supply and demand for tradable pollution permits based on the polluters' marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves. Assuming linear MAC curves, we derive their parameters based on the estimates of directional output distance functions due to Färe, Grosskopf, Noh and Weber...

Using detailed data on the beneficiaries of the Korean National Health Insurance Service (c.2006-2015), this paper estimates the health effects of air pollution in South Korea while controlling for avoidance behaviors. In particular, I investigate changes in the respiratory hospitalization rates...

This paper estimates the effects of wind direction on ambient air quality in South Korea (c.2006-2014) in order to provide insights into the impacts of the long-range transport of air pollutants from China. I find that the effect of transboundary air pollutants from China accounts for 19 percent...

In this paper, we analyze how a change in the labeling (guideline) regarding exposure to air pollution affects the consumption of respiratory medicine. In 2018, the Government of South Korea changed air pollution warning standards to a level that was more severe than it was in reality and as...

We study the international spillover effects of air pollution by developing a framework that integrates recent advances in atmospheric science into econometric estimation with microdata on mortality and health. Combining transboundary particle trajectory data with the universe of...

This paper explores how perceptional changes in exposure to air pollution impact the values of real assets in a housing market. Given a revised air pollution standard due to an environmental policy shock in South Korea, the existing indicators show air quality generally gets lower than before,...