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The Effects of Extreme Wildfire and Smoke Events on Household Financial Outcomes

An, Xudong; Gabriel, Stuart A.; Tzur-Ilan, Nitzan - 2023

, housing and financial outcomes. The analysis relies on information on the fire burn footprint and related structure damage … 2016-2020 period and use the variation in fire, smoke and pollution incidence within and beyond treatment areas to assess … destructive wildfires. Further, extreme wildfire events resulted in sizable house price declines and net out-migration from fire …

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Consumer Response to Climate Change : Wildfire Smoke and Sustainable Product Choice

Lim, Taewook; Kim, TI Tongil; Kim, Suh Yeon - 2023

scanner and air quality data. Exploiting the random dispersion of wildfire smoke during the 2018 Camp Fire as a natural …

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Air Pollution and the Labor Market : Evidence from Wildfire Smoke

Borgschulte, Mark; Molitor, David; Zou, Eric Yongchen - 2022

We study how air pollution impacts the U.S. labor market by analyzing effects of drifting wildfire smoke that can affect populations far from the fires themselves. We link satellite smoke plume with labor market outcomes to estimate that an additional day of smoke exposure reduces quarterly...

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A Review of Forest and Land Fire Programs : How Lessons from the Past Should Inform Future Fire Management in Indonesia

Jameaba, Muyanja-Ssenyonga - 2016

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Forest Fires : Why The Large Year-to-Year Variation in Forests Burned?

Apt, Jerome; Epple, Dennis N.; Sowell, Fallaw - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

understanding and improving fire prevention. We demonstrate that eighty percent of the large year-to-year variation in forest area …

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Mortality Burden From Wildfire Smoke Under Climate Change

Qiu, Minghao; Li, Jessica; Gould, Carlos F.; Jing, Renzhi; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Wildfire activity has increased in the US and is projected to accelerate under future climate change. However, our understanding of the impacts of climate change on wildfire smoke and health remains highly uncertain. We quantify the past and future mortality burden in the US due to wildfire...

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The Nonlinear Effects of Air Pollution on Health : Evidence from Wildfire Smoke

Miller, Nolan; Molitor, David; Zou, Eric Yongchen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We estimate how acute air pollution exposure from wildfire smoke impacts human health in the U.S., allowing for nonlinear effects. Wildfire smoke is pervasive and produces air quality shocks of varying intensity, depending on wind patterns and plume thickness. Using administrative Medicare...

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The Response of Local Corporate Sustainability to Environmental Disasters : Evidence from Wildfires

Branikas, Ioannis; Buchbinder, Gabriel; Ding, Yugang; … - 2021

Environmental disasters are thought to increase the focus on corporate sustainability in the communities where they occur. Extracting data on wildfires (a frequent type of disaster in the U.S.) and using ESG ratings and EPA air enforcement actions to construct measures of local corporate...

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Air pollution and the labor market : evidence from wildfire smoke

Borgschulte, Mark; Molitor, David; Zou, Eric Yongchen - 2022

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Wildfire Influence on Recent US Pollution Trends

Burke, Marshall; Childs, Marissa L.; Cuesta, Brandon de la - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Steady improvements in ambient air quality in the US over the past several decades have led to large public health benefits, and the policies that helped drive these improvements are considered landmarks in successful environmental policymaking. However, recent trends in PM2.5 concentrations, a...

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