dc.contributor.author | Paltsev, Sergey | |
dc.contributor.author | Reilly, John M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Selin, Noelle E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nam, Kyung-Min | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-11-25T19:35:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-11-25T19:35:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-08 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://globalchange.mit.edu/pubs/abstract.php?publication_id=1986 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49858 | |
dc.description | Abstract and PDF report are also available on the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change website (http://globalchange.mit.edu/). | en |
dc.description.abstract | To evaluate the socio-economic impacts of air pollution, we develop an integrated approach based on computable general equilibrium (CGE). Applying our approach to Europe shows that even there, where air quality is relatively high compared with other parts of the world, health-related damages caused by air pollution are substantial. We estimate that in 2005, air pollution in Europe caused a consumption loss of around 220 billion Euro (year 2000 prices, around 3 percent of consumption level) and a social welfare loss of around 370 billion Euro, measured as the sum of lost consumption and leisure (around 2 percent of welfare level). In addition, we estimated that a set of 2020-targeting air quality improvement policy scenarios, which are proposed in the 2005 CAFE program, would bring 18 European countries as a whole a welfare gain of 37 to 49 billion Euro (year 2000 prices) in year 2020 alone. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | This study received support from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, which is funded by a consortium of government, industry and foundation sponsors. | en |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | ;Report no. 178 | |
dc.title | Measuring Welfare Loss Caused by Air Pollution in Europe: A CGE Analysis | en |
dc.type | Technical Report | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Report no. 178 | en |