Life satisfaction and transboundary air pollution

Simon Luechinger

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 107, issue 1, 4-6

Abstract: I find a statistically significant and robust negative effect of air pollution on life satisfaction, translating into considerable willingness-to-pay, which is larger for IV estimates with pollution from foreign sources as an instrument and for green voters and the elderly.

Keywords: Life; satisfaction; Non-market; valuation; Air; pollution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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