Social acceptance towards the air pollution in China: Evidence from public's willingness to pay for smog mitigation

Energy Policy

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 313-324

  Sun, Chuanwang ^a,b   Yuan, Xiang ^a   Yao, Xin ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method; Public acceptance; Smog crisis; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GRADING; LOSSES; POLLUTION; RESOURCE VALUATION; SMOKE; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

AIR POLLUTION IN CHINAS; CONTINGENT VALUATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY; NOT IN MY BACKYARDS; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; SAMPLE SELECTION MODELS; SMOG CRISIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SMOG; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHINA;

EID: 84960859561     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.02.025     Document Type: Article

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