Air pollution and procyclical mortality

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 667-706

  Heutel, Garth ^a   Ruhm, Christopher J ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Health; Mortality; Pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038428838     PISSN: 23335955     EISSN: 23335963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/686251     Document Type: Article

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