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The Value of Clean Air in China: Evidence from Beijing and Shanghai

Tan, Jijun; Zhao, Jinhua - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 9 (2014) 1, pp. 109-137

We estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) of Beijing and Shanghai residents for improving the air quality of the two … obtained from a contingent valuation study conducted through face-to-face interviews in June 2008 in Beijing and Shanghai prior … willing to pay more than Shanghai residents, due possibly to Beijing¡¯s poorer air quality. Overall, aggregate WTP for air …

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The Economic Value of Air-Pollution-Related Health Risks in China: A Contingent Valuation Study

Hammitt, James; Zhou, Ying - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 33 (2006) 3, pp. 399-423

valuation in three diverse locations in China. Values are estimated for three health endpoints: cold, chronic bronchitis, and …

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Using stated preferences to estimate the environmental benefits of using biodiesel fuel in diesel engines

Jeanty, Pierre Wilner; Hitzhusen, Frederick J. - Farm Foundation - 2007

Using biodiesel fuel to reduce emissions from diesel engines is an area of increasing interest. Many environmental benefits associated with biodiesel are not traded in markets and their estimation requires economic valuation methods applied to non-market goods and services. This paper presents...

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Urban Environmental Health and Sensitive Populations: How Much are the Italians Willing to Pay to Reduce Their Risks?

Alberini, Anna; Chiabai, Aline - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005

We use contingent valuation to elicit WTP for a reduction in the risk of dying for cardiovascular and respiratory causes, the most important causes of premature mortality associated with heat wave and air pollution, among the Italian public. The purpose of this study is three-fold. First, we...

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Air Pollution and the Willingness to Pay of Exposed Individuals in Downtown Medellín, Colombia

Garcés, Carlos Felipe Gaviria; Enríquez, Daniel … - In: Lecturas de Economía (2014) 80, pp. 153-182

Within Colombia, Medellín holds the title of the city with the second worst air quality, and within the city, Downtown Medellín is one of the areas most affected by mobile gas emissions. Individuals that work downtown were surveyed in order to measure their willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce...

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Willingness to pay of committed citizens: A field experiment

Ami, Dominique; Aprahamian, Frédéric; Chanel, Olivier; … - In: Ecological Economics 105 (2014) C, pp. 31-39

In this paper, we propose a behavioral approach to determine the extent to which the consumer/citizen distinction affects interpretations of monetary values in stated preferences methods. We perform a field experiment dealing with air pollution, where some (randomly selected) subjects are given...

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Does Benefit Transfer Always Work: a Multi-country Comparison

Abou-Ali, Hala; Belhaj, Mohammed - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2005

This paper analyzes the welfare effects of a 50 percent reduction in air pollution caused by road traffic in both Cairo (Egypt) and Rabat-Salé (Morocco) using a contingent valuation method with identical elicitation questions. Despite the fact that both the numbers of inhabitants and vehicles...

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A Test of Cheap Talk in Different Hypothetical Contexts: The Case of Air Pollution

Ami, Dominique; Aprahamian, Frédéric; Chanel, Olivier; … - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 50 (2011) 1, pp. 111-130

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A TEST OF CHEAP TALK IN DIFFERENT HYPOTHETICAL CONTEXTS: THE CASE OF AIR POLLUTION

Ami, Dominique; Aprahamian, Frédéric; Chanel, Olivier; … - HAL - 2009

We explore the influence of a neutral cheap talk script in three typical scenarios used in the CV literature devoted to the valuation of air pollution effects. We show that cheap talk has a differentiated effect depending on the scenario implemented. It decreases protest responses with no effect...

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Willingness to Pay of Committed Citizens: A Field Experiment

Ami, Dominique; Chanel, Olivier; Aprahamian, Frédéric; … - HAL - 2008

In this paper, we propose a behavioural approach to determine the extent to which the consumer/citizen distinction affects interpretations of monetary values. We perform a field experiment dealing with air pollution, where some (randomly selected) subjects are given the opportunity to behave...

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