Posts tagged with 'pollution'
April 26, 2018
Air pollution increases crime in London
Higher levels of air pollution in London increase the rate of most types of crime in the capital and, in […]
January 8, 2016
Award-winning paper on the costs of environmental policy
The study by Reed Walker (UC Berkeley) on “The Transitional Costs of Sectoral Reallocation: Evidence from the Clean Air Act […]
October 12, 2015
Mental health costs of access to unsafe drinking water
Fulfilling one of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals five years before schedule, 2.6 billion people gained access to sources of […]
April 17, 2015
Air pollution impairs productivity of professional soccer players
Air pollution is the top environmental risk factor of premature death. Annual costs of environmental damage for the European countries […]
June 2, 2014
Low-emission-zones reduce fine dust pollution in German cities
Low-emission-zones (LEZ) is Europe’s most aggressive recent air pollution regulation: only vehicles that emit low levels of air pollutants are […]
January 24, 2014
Global warming: one hot day costs up to 70 cents per capita
With rising temperatures, sea levels and more and more episodes of extreme weather, most people agree that the global climate […]
September 2, 2013
What is the right price of clean air?
How much are people willing to pay for clean air? Driven by this question, empirical economists have come up with […]