Death of Coal and Breath of Life: The Effect of Power Plant Closure on Local Air Quality
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- Brown, Jason P. & Tousey, Colton, 2020. "Death of Coal and Breath of Life: The Effect of Power Plant Closure on Local Air Quality," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304182, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
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Keywords
Air quality; Coal; Plant closures;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q35 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Hydrocarbon Resources
- Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENE-2020-11-09 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2020-11-09 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2020-11-09 (Health Economics)
- NEP-URE-2020-11-09 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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