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dc.contributor.authorHerrnstadt, E
dc.contributor.authorHeyes, A
dc.contributor.authorMuehlegger, E
dc.contributor.authorSaberian, S
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-06T07:41:25Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-27
dc.description.abstractA growing literature documents that air pollution adversely impacts health, productivity, and cognition. This paper provides the first evidence of a causal link between air pollution and aggressive behavior, as documented by violent crime. Using the geolocation of crimes in Chicago from 2001-2012, we compare crime upwind and downwind of major highways on days when wind blows orthogonally to the road. Consistent with research linking pollution to aggression, we find air pollution increases violent crime on the downwind sides of interstates. Our results suggest that pollution may reduce welfare and affect behavior through a wider set of channels than previously considered.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 13 (4), pp. 70 - 100en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1257/app.20190091
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/122348
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherAmerican Economic Associationen_GB
dc.rights© 2021 American Economic Association
dc.subjectAir pollutionen_GB
dc.subjectcrimeen_GB
dc.titleAir Pollution and Criminal Activity: Microgeographic Evidence from Chicagoen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2020-08-06T07:41:25Z
dc.identifier.issn1945-7782
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available from the American Economic Association via the DOI in this recorden_GB
dc.identifier.journalAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economicsen_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserveden_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-08-03
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_GB
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2020-08-03
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2020-08-05T15:31:43Z
refterms.versionFCDAM
refterms.dateFOA2021-10-06T12:52:00Z
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