Fire, Tractors, and Health in the Amazon: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Fire Policy
Morello, T; Martino, S; Duarte, AF; et al.Anderson, L; Davis, KJ; Silva, S; Bateman, IJ
Date: 1 August 2019
Journal
Land Economics
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
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Abstract
Pollution from agricultural fires is a global health issue which is particularly challenging
where smallholders depend on burnings for subsistence. In Acre state, Western Amazon, a
partial ban on fire, enforced with fines, is coupled with subsidized tractors. To evaluate this
policy, discrete choice experiment and contingent valuation ...
Pollution from agricultural fires is a global health issue which is particularly challenging
where smallholders depend on burnings for subsistence. In Acre state, Western Amazon, a
partial ban on fire, enforced with fines, is coupled with subsidized tractors. To evaluate this
policy, discrete choice experiment and contingent valuation were merged into a novel
statistical variant of the Hicks-Kaldor test that is robust to preference heterogeneity. Among
27 ways to extend the ban, five could improve both respiratory health and smallholders’
welfare, whether compensated with tractors which are available for longer hours and at the
right time of the year.
Economics
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
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