Can Understanding Spatial Equilibria Enhance Benefit Transfers for Environmental Policy Evaluation?

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 591-608

  Kuminoff, Nicolai V ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; COMMERCE; COSTS; HOUSING;

AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; BENEFIT TRANSFER; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HOUSING PRICES; SORTING MODEL; VALUE OF A STATISTICAL LIVES; WELFARE EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AIR QUALITY; COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEALTH CARE; HOUSING MARKET; LABOR MARKET; POLICY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85039837625     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-017-0214-8     Document Type: Article

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