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INFORMATION AND THE DEMAND FOR CLEAN AIR
Author(s) -
FINNEY MILES M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/coep.12041
Subject(s) - air quality index , environmental quality , quality (philosophy) , natural resource economics , economics , clean air act , environmental economics , business , public economics , air pollution , geography , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , meteorology , biology
This paper examines the relationship between the relocating household's reaction to air quality and its information on environmental quality. The results suggest households exposed to public information on the environment are more responsive to air quality differences if they also are knowledgeable about local environmental conditions . ( JEL Q510, R230, D830)