Willingness to pay for mortality risk reduction associated with air pollution in São Paulo

Revista Brasileira de Economia

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-22

  Ortiz, Ramon Arigoni ^a   Markandya, Anil ^b   Hunt, Alistair ^b  

^a BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Brazil; S o Paulo; Value of a statistical life; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949178696     PISSN: 00347140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-71402009000100001     Document Type: Article

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