Environmental health risks and housing values: Evidence from 1,600 toxic plant openings and closings

American Economic Review

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 678-709

  Currie, Janet ^a   Davis, Lucas ^b   Greenstone, Michael ^c   Reed, Walker ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; DANGEROUS GOODS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922224351     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: 19447981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20121656     Document Type: Article

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