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This paper evaluates the effect of ozone pollution on individuals' subjective health satisfaction and well …-being, allowing us to capture both direct and indirect effects of ozone pollution on adults. Specifically, we focus on differences … (SOEP) with data on ozone concentrations from measuring stations in Germany. We precisely assign pollution levels to …
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This paper aims at analysing the effect of democratic institutions on environmental quality (carbon dioxide per capita, sulfure dioxide per capita) and at identifying potential channel transmissions. We use panel data from 1960 to 2008 in 122 developing and developed countries and modern...
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Nuremberg, and is related to a similar study of Brandt and Maennig (2012) in case of the city of Hamburg. Health effects of … phone base stations (CPBS) in residential areas. Besides a negative health effect, a CBPS site is often perceived to be …
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In this paper, we explore the economic impact of promotion and realization of an electric vehicle society (EVS) in Toyohashi City in Japan. More concretely, this paper emphasizes a computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling approach to evaluate the following issues: economic impacts of...
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Following the critique of Pinkse & Slade (2010) and Gibbons & Overman (2012), we develop an instrument for the estimation of local price effects of cell phone base stations (CPBS) in an urban area. The instrument is derived from the spatial structure of the network and technical and regulatory...
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The paper estimates the effect of SO2 pollution on infant mortality in Germany, 1985-2003. To avoid simultaneity … translate into an elasticity of 0.08-0.13. The observed reduction in pollution implies an annual gain of 895-1528 infant lives …. Estimates are robust to controls for economic activity, climate, reunification effects, rural/urban trends and TSP pollution and …
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determine whether an individual is affected by disamenities, e.g. through visual pollution. The depth of our unique, novel data … turbine in a treatment area of 4000 metres around households has a significantly negative impact on life satisfaction …
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This paper studies health effects from restricting the access of high-emission vehicles to innercities by implementing …-coded information on the coverage of low emission zones. We confirm that low emission zones significantly reduce levels of air pollution … in urban areas and that these improvements in air quality translate into population health benefits. We find that the …
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pollution. We collect data across major industrial states of India over the time period 1991-2003 and use panel regression … pollution is not unique across the pollutants. It rather depends upon the specific indicator that is examined. Finally, we … conclude that trade promotion in the presence of a dynamic pollution regulatory framework can yield sustainable trade. …
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-term health status as measured by body height, children who lose their same-sex parent before teenage years are hit hardest …
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