The hidden cost of wildfires: Economic valuation of health effects of wildfire smoke exposure in Southern California
The hidden cost of wildfires: Economic valuation of health effects of wildfire smoke exposure in Southern California
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jfe.2011.05.002
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
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0.9
通讯作者：
Loomis, John B.
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作者：
Richardson, Leslie A.;Champ, Patricia A.;Loomis, John B.
人们越来越担心，在估算野火造成的货币化损失时，忽略了暴露于野火烟雾对人类健康的影响。当前的研究强调需要更好地收集和分析这些影响的数据。本文使用独特的原始数据，量化了洛杉矶县现代历史上最大的野火对健康造成的经济损失。疾病费用估计为每名接触者每天 9.50 美元。然而，理论和实证研究一致发现，这种衡量方法在很大程度上低估了接触污染物对健康造成影响的真实经济成本，因为它忽略了采取防御行动的成本以及无效性。首次采用防御行为方法来计算为减少一个野火烟雾引起的症状日而支付的意愿。据估计，每个接触者每天的费用为 84.42 美元。由 Elsevier GmbH 代表瑞典于默奥 SLU 森林经济系出版。
There is a growing concern that human health impacts from exposure to wildfire smoke are ignored in estimates of monetized damages from wildfires. Current research highlights the need for better data collection and analysis of these impacts. Using unique primary data, this paper quantifies the economic cost of health effects from the largest wildfire in Los Angeles County's modern history. A cost of illness estimate is $9.50 per exposed person per day. However, theory and empirical research consistently find that this measure largely underestimates the true economic cost of health effects from exposure to a pollutant in that it ignores the cost of defensive actions taken as well as disutility. For the first time, the defensive behavior method is applied to calculate the willingness to pay for a reduction in one wildfire smoke induced symptom day. which is estimated to be $84.42 per exposed person per day. Published by Elsevier GmbH on behalf of Department of Forest Economics, SLU Umea, Sweden.