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The benefits of contaminated site cleanup revisited : the case of Naples and Caserta, Italy
Alberini, Anna; Šcasný, Milan; Guignet, Dennis; … - 2010
Guerriero and Cairns (2009) recently estimate that contaminated sites and improper waste management result in 848 excess deaths per year in the provinces of Naples and Caserta in Southern Italy, 403 of which are fatal cancers. In the absence of estimates of the Value of a Prevented Fatality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732114
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Rates of time preferences for saving lives in the hazardous waste site context
Alberini, Anna; Tonin, Stefania; Turvani, Margherita - 2009
What is the rate at which people discount future lives saved? The answer to this question has important implications when comparing policies on the grounds of cost per life saved, especially in the context of hazardous waste site remediation, where risk reductions may occur at different times,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008809097
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Does the Swiss Car Market Reward Fuel Efficient Cars? Evidence from Hedonic Pricing Regressions, a Regression Discontinuity Design, and Matching
Alberini, Anna; Bareit, Markus; Filippini, Massimo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
To correct market failures due to the presence of negative externalities associated with energy consumption, governments have adopted a variety of policies, including taxes, subsidies, regulations and standards, and information-based policies. For example, labels that clearly convey energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747052
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Knowledge About, Importance of, and Attitudes Towards Industrial Brownfield Re-use
Tonin, Stefania; Turvani, Margherita; Alberini, Anna - In: SCIENZE REGIONALI 2011/3 (2011) 3, pp. 97-126
The aim of this paper is to investigate people’s attitudes towards and knowledge about the remediation and re-use of brownfield sites. In order to understand people’s opinions, we administered a questionnaire to 400 residents in the surroundings of Venice. We applied factor analysis to gain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010560697
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Getting Cars Off the Road: The Cost-Effectiveness of an Episodic Pollution Control Program
Cropper, Maureen L.; Jiang, Yi; Alberini, Anna; Baur, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Ground-level ozone remains a serious problem in the United States. Because ozone non-attainment is a summer problem, episodic rather than continuous controls of ozone precursors are possible. We evaluate the costs and effectiveness of an episodic scheme that requires people to buy permits to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008601708
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Getting cars off the road: the cost-effectiveness of an episodic pollution control program
Cropper, Maureen L.; Jiang, Yi; Alberini, Anna; Baur, … - 2010
Ground level ozone remains a serious problem in the United States. Because ozone non-attainment is a summer problem, episodic rather than continuous controls of ozone precursors are possible. We evaluate the costs and effectiveness of an episodic scheme that requires people to buy permits in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272390
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The benefits of contaminated site cleanup revisited: the case of Naples and Caserta, Italy
Alberini, Anna; Ščasný, Milan; Guignet, Dennis; … - 2010
Guerriero and Cairns (2009) recently estimate that contaminated sites and improper waste management result in 848 excess deaths per year in the provinces of Naples and Caserta in Southern Italy, 403 of which are fatal cancers. In the absence of estimates of the Value of a Prevented Fatality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272415
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Can Property Values Capture Changes in Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from a Stated Preference Study in Italy and the UK
Guignet, Dennis; Alberini, Anna - 2013
among hypothetical variants of their home that differ in terms of mortality risks from air pollution and price. To our … quantitative and clearly specified measure of health risks. We find that Italian homeowners hold a value of a statistical life (VSL … find that those who face higher baseline risks, due to higher air pollution levels where they live, hold a higher VSL …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328698
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The value of reducing cancer risks at contaminated sites: Are more heavily exposed people willing to pay more?
Alberini, Anna; Tonin, Stefania; Turvani, Margherita - 2009
We use conjoint choice questions to investigate people's tastes for cancer risk reductions and income in the context of public programs that would provide for remediation at abandoned industrial contaminated sites. Our survey was self-administered using the computer by persons living in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279408
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Rates of time preferences for saving lives in the hazardous waste site context
Alberini, Anna; Tonin, Stefania; Turvani, Margherita - 2009
What is the rate at which people discount future lives saved? The answer to this question has important implications when comparing policies on the grounds of cost per life saved, especially in the context of hazardous waste site remediation, where risk reductions may occur at different times,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279640