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Willingness to Pay for Mortality Risk Reduction Associated with Air Pollution in Sao Paulo

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  • Ortiz, Ramon Arigoni
  • Markandya, Anil
  • Hunt, Alistair

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Estudos epidemiológicos associam a poluição atmosférica a mortes por doenças respiratórias e cardiovasculares. Nesse contexto, políticas governamentais que melhorem a qualidade do ar são necessárias e a análise de custo-benefício dessas políticas impõe que se estime, em termos monetários, o mais importante benefício associado a essas políticas: a redução do risco de morte da população. Este trabalho apresenta um estudo de avaliação contingente realizado em São Paulo que estima a disposição a pagar (DAP) da população para reduzir seu risco de morte e o valor de uma vida estatistica (VVE). Os resultados variam entre US$ 0.77 - US$ 6.1 milhões.

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  • Ortiz, Ramon Arigoni & Markandya, Anil & Hunt, Alistair, 2009. "Willingness to Pay for Mortality Risk Reduction Associated with Air Pollution in Sao Paulo," Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance - FGV EPGE (Brazil), vol. 63(1), April.
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