Regional growth and exposure to nearby coal fired power plant emissions

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-22

  Kahn, Matthew E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Pollution; Power plants; Regional growth

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POPULATION GROWTH; POWER GENERATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57249105404     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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