Days of haze: Environmental information disclosure and intertemporal avoidance behavior

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-128

  Graff Zivin, Joshua ^a,b   Neidell, Matthew ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Avoidance behavior; Information; Ozone

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE; INFORMATION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

AIR QUALITY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

OZONE;

ACTION PLAN; AIR QUALITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HAZE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OZONE; REGULATORY APPROACH; SMOG; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049090012     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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