Fire, Tractors, and Health in the Amazon: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Fire Policy

Thiago Morello, Simone Martino, Alejandro F. Duarte, Liana Anderson, Katrina Davis (), Sonaira Silva and Ian Bateman

Land Economics, 2019, vol. 95, issue 3, 409-434

Abstract: Pollution from agricultural fires is a global health issue that is particularly challenging where smallholders depend on burnings for subsistence. In Acre state, Western Amazon, a partial ban on fire, enforced with fines, is coupled with subsidized tractors. To evaluate this policy, a discrete choice experiment and contingent valuation were merged into a novel statistical variant of the Hicks-Kaldor test that is robust to preference heterogeneity. Among 27 ways to extend the ban, 5 could improve both respiratory health and smallholders’ welfare, when compensated with tractors that are available for longer hours and at the right time of the year.

JEL-codes: Q51 Q52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.95.3.409
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