The number of cost-of-illness (COI) studies has expanded considerably over time. One
outcome of this growth is that the reported COI estimates are inconsistent across studies …

With the raising awareness of environmental protection, straw burning ban has been
implemented to control straw burning phenomenon in China. It has received significant …

Context Chemicals used in plastics have been described to contribute to disease and
disability, but attributable fractions have not been quantified to assess specific contributions …

Humid heat impacts a large portion of the world's population that works outdoors. Previous
studies have quantified humid heat impacts on labor productivity by relying on exposure …

Lilia Domínguez. Licenciada en Economía por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, realizó sus estudios de postgrado en las universidades de Manchester y East …

This paper estimates the effect of air pollution on child hospitalizations for asthma using
naturally occurring seasonal variations in pollution within zip codes. Of the pollutants …

Abstract Contingent Valuation in Practice takes the reader through each of the basic steps in
the design and administration of a contingent-valuation study. The text is written for the …

The major impediment to performing a benefit–cost analysis in many fields of applied
economics, such as those dealing with culture, environment, health, and transportation, is …

A pervasive problem in estimating the costs of pollution is that optimizing individuals may
compensate for increases in pollution by reducing their exposure, resulting in estimates that …

This paper investigates two complementary pieces of data on households' demand for
improved water services, co** costs and willingness to pay (WTP), from a survey of 1500 …