Envirodevonomics: A Research Agenda for a Young Field

Environmental quality in many developing countries is poor and generates substantial health and productivity costs. However, existing measures of willingness to pay for environmental quality improvements indicate low valuations by affected households. This paper argues that this seeming paradox is t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Greenstone, Michael, Jack, B. Kelsey
Format: Working Paper
Published: Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81818