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This paper uses the 1918 influenza pandemic as a natural experiment to examine whether air pollution affects …-city differences in baseline pollution measures based on coal-fired electricity generating capacity for a sample 183 American cities …. The findings suggest that air pollution exacerbated the impact of the pandemic. Proximity to World War I military bases …
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information on pollution and emissions, can become a basis for a new wave of environmental protection policy that follows and has … success of selected programs in the People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the United States are …
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We present results for two contingent valuation surveys conducted in Hamilton, Canada and the US to elicit WTP for mortality risk reductions. We find similar Value of Statistical Life estimates across the two studies, ranging from USD 930,000 to USD 4.8 million (2000 US dollars). WTP increases...
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We present results for two contingent valuation surveys conducted in Hamilton, Canada and the US to elicit WTP for mortality risk reductions. We find similar Value of Statistical Life estimates across the two studies, ranging from USD 930,000 to USD 4.8 million (2000 US dollars). WTP increases...
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We present the results of two contingent valuation surveys conducted in Hamilton, Canada and nation-wide in the US to elicit WTP for reductions in one's risk of death. We find that the Values of a Statistical Life implied by WTP are very similar across the two studies, and range from $930,000 to...
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Air pollution was severe in many urban areas of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, in part …
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mortality. We assess the role of three broad factors: i) pre-pandemic population health and poverty, ii) air pollution, and iii … tercile of the distribution of coal-fired electricity generating capacity, an important source of urban air pollution, had 9 …
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mortality. We assess the role of three broad factors: i) pre-pandemic population health and poverty, ii) air pollution, and iii … the distribution of coal-fired electricity generating capacity, an important source of urban air pollution, had 9.1 excess …
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mortality. We assess the role of three broad factors: i) pre-pandemic population health and poverty, ii) air pollution, and iii … the distribution of coal-fired electricity generating capacity, an important source of urban air pollution, had 9.1 excess …
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