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Willingness-to-pay for reducing air pollution in the world’ most dynamic cities: Evidence from Hanoi, Vietnam

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  • Khuc, Quy Van
  • Nong, Duy
  • Phu, Tri Vu

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To be considered one of the most dynamic cities in the world, Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, has been facing an increasingly extreme environmental pollution. For example, in 2019, Hanoi ranked the world’s seventh most polluted capital city, which has raised serious concerns about the detrimental impacts on living environment and health of urban citizens. This study aims to examine how well urban citizens perceive, how well they take action to mitigate it, and how ready they are to contribute to reducing air pollution. A stratified sampling technique coupled with a contingent valuation and a face-to-face interview method was employed to survey 475 inhabitants who live in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The results show that over two-thirds of the inhabitants surveyed are willing to pay for air environment funds and the mean value of WTP is from approximately 122.9 to 123.5 thousand VND per household per month. WTP is associated with a set of endogenous and exogenous factors including age group, level of current air pollution, income, and awareness towards environmental protection solutions. Our results reveal that urban citizens well learn about air pollution and they have a real and strong demand for reducing air pollution, which could help design a desirable policy and or solutions for improving air quality.

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  • Khuc, Quy Van & Nong, Duy & Phu, Tri Vu, 2020. "Willingness-to-pay for reducing air pollution in the world’ most dynamic cities: Evidence from Hanoi, Vietnam," OSF Preprints pume6, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:osfxxx:pume6
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/pume6
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