Environmental Health Risks and Housing Values: Evidence from 1,600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings
2015
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Environmental Health Risks and Housing Values: Evidence from 1,600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings
- Ist Teil von
- The American economic review, 2015-02, Vol.105 (2), p.678-709
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: American Economic Association
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2015
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Regulatory oversight of toxic emissions from industrial plants and understanding about these emissions ' impacts are in their infancy. Applying a research design based on the openings and closings of 1,600 industrial plants to rich data on housing markets and infant health, we find that: toxic air emissions affect air quality only within 1 mile of the plant; plant openings lead to 11 percent declines in housing values within 0.5 mile or a loss of about $ 4.25 million for these households; and a plant's operation is associated with a roughly 3 percent increase in the probability of low birthweight within 1 mile.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0002-8282eISSN: 1944-7981DOI: 10.1257/aer.20121656Titel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4847734
- Format
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- Schlagworte
- Air pollutants, Air Pollutants - adverse effects, Air Pollutants - economics, Air pollution, Air Pollution - adverse effects, Air Pollution - economics, Air Pollution - statistics & numerical data, Air quality, Birth weight, Chemical hazards, Child health, Disease control, Dwelling value, Economic activity, Emissions, Environmental agencies, Environmental health, Environmental Pollutants - adverse effects, Environmental Pollutants - economics, Environmental protection, Externality, Female, Hazardous air pollutants, Hazardous Substances - adverse effects, Hazardous Substances - economics, Health risk assessment, Health risks, Housing, Housing - economics, Housing - statistics & numerical data, Housing market, Housing prices, Humans, Industrial plant emissions, Infant, Infant Health - statistics & numerical data, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Infant, Newborn, Infants, Low birth weight, Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities - statistics & numerical data, Poisonous plants, Pollutants, Pollution control, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Research design, Residence Characteristics, Risk Factors, Statistical median, Studies, Toxic emissions, Toxicity, U.S.A, United States