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Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions in Regulatory Analysis of Environmental, Health and Transport Policies: Policy Implications

28-Jun-2011

The paper draws out policy-implications of a major meta-analysis that was made from estimates of the value of a statistical life in stated preferences surveys as a guide for policy makers on how to include VSL estimates in policy assessments.

Policy Interventions to Address Health Impacts Associated with Air Pollution, Unsafe Water Supply and Sanitation, and Hazardous Chemicals

28-Jun-2011

The document is developed based on an analysis of recent peer-reviewed literature, and focuses on studies which value the impacts of human exposure to outdoor air pollution, unsafe water supply and sanitation and hazardous chemicals, and the costs of policy interventions to address such impacts.

Interactions Between Emission Trading Systems and Other Overlapping Policy Instruments

16-Jun-2011

This paper discusses interactions that can occur when a cap-and-trade based emission trading system is combined with overlapping policy instruments, addressing emissions stemming from the same sources.




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