Willingness to pay for mortality risk reduction associated with air pollution in São Paulo

Revista Brasileira de Economia

Ramon Arigoni Ortiz²  Anil Markandya²  Alistair Hunt¹ 

[1] ,Basque Centre for Climate Change GranBilbao,Spain

关键词: Willingness to Pay;    Value of a Statistical Life;    Air Pollution;    São Paulo;    Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-71402009000100001

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Epidemiological studies report significant association between air pollution and cardiovascular and respiratory mortality. Governmental intervention is required to implement policies aiming to increase air quality, and cost-benefit analysis can be useful to evaluate such policies. Reductions in risks of death are arguably the most important benefit underlying air-quality policies, and therefore need to be valued in money terms. This paper presents a contingent valuation study conducted in São Paulo to estimate the population's willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce their risk of death and the correspondent value of a statistical life (VSL). Results ranged between US$ 0.77 - US$ 6.1 million.

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