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The effects of a refinery on property values: The case of Sweden

Winstrand, Jakob - 2009

This study estimates the impact of the non-aesthetic view and odor caused by Preemraff, a refinery on the Swedish west … of the refinery, -24.6 % at a distance of 1000 meters. However, at larger distances the visibility of Preemraff declines … refinery. The estimates also imply that the premium for a sea front in a parish non-adjacent to Preemraff is about 139 …

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Estimating demand schedules in hedonic analysis: The case of urban parks

Panduro, Toke Emil; Jensen, Cathrine Ulla; Lundhede, … - 2016

The hedonic pricing method has been used extensively to obtain implicit prices for availability of urban green space, but few hedonic studies have obtained households' preference parameters. We estimate willingness to pay functions for park availability in Copenhagen using an approach that...

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Environmental effects of a vehicle tax reform: Empirical evidence from Norway

Ciccone, Alice - 2015

In 2007, the Norwegian government reformed the vehicle registration tax in order to reduce the carbon intensity of the new car fleet by incentivizing the purchase of more fuel efficient cars. This paper identifies the impact of the new tax structure on three main dimensions: (i) the average CO2...

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Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Subjective Well-being?

Zhang, Xin; Zhang, Xiaobo; Chen, Xi - 2015

Existing studies that evaluate the impact of pollution on human beings understate its negative effect on cognition, mental health, and happiness. This paper attempts to fill in the gap via investigating the impact of air quality on subjective well-being using China as an example. By matching a...

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Impactos ambientais e econômicos dos veículos elétricos e híbridos plug-in: Uma revisão da literatura

Vonbun, Christian - 2015

This paper presents a brief literature review concerning the costs and benefits of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, highlighting their advantages in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Even though electric and electro-hybrid vehicles must still overcome many cultural and...

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The Life Satisfaction Approach to Environmental Valuation

Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2009

In many countries environmental policies and regulations are implemented to improve environmental quality and thus individuals' well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction Approach (LSA) representing a new non-market valuation...

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Flat Prices, Cell Phone Base Stations, and Network Structure

Wirth, Benjamin; Mense, Andreas - 2014

The present paper analyses the effect of the distance to the nearest CPBS on listing prices of flats in the city of Nuremberg, and is related to a similar study of Brandt and Maennig (2012) in case of the city of Hamburg. Health effects of mobile phone radiation have been discussed vividly in...

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Economic Impact of CO2 Emissions and Carbon Tax in Electric Vehicle Society in Toyohashi City in Japan

Miyata, Yuzuru; Shibusawa, Hiroyuki; Fujii, Tomoaki - 2015

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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Vog: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Health Costs of Particulates

Halliday, Timothy J.; Lynham, John; de Paula, Aureo - 2015

The high correlation of industrial pollutant emissions complicates the estimation of the impact of industrial pollutants on health. To circumvent this, we use emissions from Kīlauea volcano, uncorrelated with other pollution sources, to estimate the impact of pollutants on local emergency room...

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The social cost of atmospheric release

Shindell, Drew T. - 2013

The author presents a multi-impact economic valuation framework called the Social Cost of Atmospheric Release (SCAR) that extends the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) used previously for carbon dioxide (CO2) to a broader range of pollutants and impacts. Values consistently incorporate health and...

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