In this review, we discuss three major contributions economists have made to our
understanding of the relationship between the environment and individual well-being. First …

Evidence shows that pollution exposure early in life is detrimental to near-term health, and
an increasing body of evidence suggests that early-childhood health influences health and …

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 …

This research exploits the introduction of shale gas wells in Pennsylvania in response to
growing controversy around the drilling method of hydraulic fracturing. Using detailed …

The environmental inequality theory reveals that the risk of environmental pollution
exposure varies among regions and groups and that particular groups face a higher threat of …

Nonmarket valuation, ie, valuing environmental goods and services that are not traded in a
market, has been increasingly used in a variety of policy and decision-making contexts. This …

This paper studies the long-term effects of in-utero and early-life exposure to pesticide use
on adulthood and old-age longevity. We use the cyclical emergence of cicadas in the …

ABSTRACT A ubiquitous and largely unquestioned assumption in studies of housing
markets is that there is perfect information about local amenities. This paper measures the …

Carbon trading faces pushback over concerns of increasing copollutant exposure for
minorities. Combining federal and state data I evaluate three questions concerning the …

This study investigates the effects of media on corporate environmental decisions. Using
data on plant-level toxic emissions from 1996 to 2009 from the US Environmental Protection …