Measurement Error Bias in Air Pollution IV Designs
Instrumental variables are often used to address measurement error in air pollution exposure. This paper shows why that logic can fail when thermal inversion instruments are paired …
Co-Pollutant Bias in Air Pollution IV Designs
This paper studies air pollution IV estimates when instruments move several pollutants simultaneously and provides diagnostic tools for interpreting them. We distinguish two …
The Value of Information Disclosure: Evidence from Mask Consumption in China
We study the effect of information provision on defensive expenditures, using China's roll-out of air pollution information as a quasi-natural experiment. With a unique dataset of …