The Cost of Crop Damage Caused by Ozone Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles

Mark Delucchi, Donald McCubbin, H.J. Kim and James J. Murphy ()
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Mark Delucchi: University of California, Davis
Donald McCubbin: University of California, San Diego
H.J. Kim: EPA

No UCD-ITS-REP-99-03, Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series from Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis

Abstract: The effects of ozone air pollution on the agricultural sector are an important environmental challenge facing policy makers. Most studies of the economic impact of air pollution on agriculture have found that a 25% reduction in ambient ozone would provide benefits of at least $1-2 billion annually in the United States. This paper extends existing research by estimating the benefits of a reduction in emissions from a major source of ozone formation: motor-vehicle emissions. An agricultural production model is combined with an analysis of motor-vehicle emissions and air quality to estimate the impacts of emissions from six different motor-vehicle classes, at both the regional and national level. The benefits to the agricultural sector from completely eliminating ozone precursor emissions from motor vehicles ranges between $3·5 and $6·1 billion annually.

Keywords: economics; air pollution; health effects; visibility; environmental policy; agricultural production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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