Regulation of air pollution from wood-burning stoves
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Regulation of air pollution from wood-burning stoves. / Bjørner, Thomas Bue ; Brandt, Jørgen; Hansen, Lars Gårn; Hjelmsø, Martin Groth ; Källstrøm, Marianne Nygaard .
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2016.Research output: Working paper › Research
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T1 - Regulation of air pollution from wood-burning stoves
AU - Bjørner, Thomas Bue
AU - Brandt, Jørgen
AU - Hansen, Lars Gårn
AU - Hjelmsø, Martin Groth
AU - Källstrøm, Marianne Nygaard
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Air pollution is a major global challenge. Emissions from residential wood-burning stoves make a surprisingly large contribution to total air pollution related health costs. In Denmark, emissions from wood-burning stoves are calculated to cause almost 400 premature deaths each year within Denmark and additionally about 300 premature deaths in other parts of Europe. In this article, we present an integrated assessment of the net social benefit of different schemes for regulating wood-burning stoves including bans and taxes. The assessment uses high resolution air pollution emission inventory, and atmospheric dispersion and exposure models to estimate the health effects of imposing regulations on residential wood-burning. This is combined with an economic stove investment and use model to simulate reactions to regulations and evaluate compliance costs. We find that there are large net welfare gains from most types of regulation, but the largest gains result from imposing a differentiated tax or a general ban on older stoves. The results for Denmark suggest that there could be substantial welfare gains from regulating residential wood-burning stoves in other countries as well.
AB - Air pollution is a major global challenge. Emissions from residential wood-burning stoves make a surprisingly large contribution to total air pollution related health costs. In Denmark, emissions from wood-burning stoves are calculated to cause almost 400 premature deaths each year within Denmark and additionally about 300 premature deaths in other parts of Europe. In this article, we present an integrated assessment of the net social benefit of different schemes for regulating wood-burning stoves including bans and taxes. The assessment uses high resolution air pollution emission inventory, and atmospheric dispersion and exposure models to estimate the health effects of imposing regulations on residential wood-burning. This is combined with an economic stove investment and use model to simulate reactions to regulations and evaluate compliance costs. We find that there are large net welfare gains from most types of regulation, but the largest gains result from imposing a differentiated tax or a general ban on older stoves. The results for Denmark suggest that there could be substantial welfare gains from regulating residential wood-burning stoves in other countries as well.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - IFRO Working Paper
BT - Regulation of air pollution from wood-burning stoves
PB - Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
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