Air pollution and defensive expenditures: Evidence from particulate-filtering facemasks

• Published in: Journal of environmental economics and management Vol. 92; pp. 517 - 536
• Main Authors: Zhang, Junjie, Mu, Quan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Air pollution; China; Defensive expenditures; Facemasks; Facemasks; C23; China; Air pollution; I12; Defensive expenditures; Q53

Individuals take preventive measures to avoid costly air pollution exposure. This paper provides new empirical evidence of pollution avoidance that Chinese urban residents purchase particulate-filtering facemasks to protect against ambient air pollution. The analysis is conducted with detailed and c...