The unbalanced trade-off between pollution exposure and energy consumption induced by averting behaviors

Summary: Behavioral responses to environmental risks create gains and losses. We use high-frequency datasets to elucidate such behavior responses against air pollution and find a “double-peaked” time pattern in reducing outdoor exposure and in increasing electricity consumption. Despite that one sta...

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Main Authors: Qingran Li, Yang Zhou, William A. Pizer, Libo Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222018697