Replication data for: Bringing Satellite-Based Air Quality Estimates Down to Earth

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Meredith Fowlie; Edward Rubin; Reed Walker

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Project Citation: 

Fowlie, Meredith, Rubin, Edward, and Walker, Reed. Replication data for: Bringing Satellite-Based Air Quality Estimates Down to Earth. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114521V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We use state-of-the-art, satellite-based PM 2.5 data products to assess the extent to which the Environmental Protection Agency's existing, monitor-based measurements over- or underestimate true exposure to PM 2.5 pollution. Treating satellite-based estimates as truth implies a substantial number of "policy errors"—overregulating areas that are in compliance with the air quality standards and under-regulating other areas that appear to be in violation. We investigate the health implications of these apparent errors. We also highlight the importance of accounting for prediction error in satellite-based estimates. Once prediction errors are accounted for, conclusions with regards to "policy errors" become substantially more uncertain.

Scope of Project

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      I12 Health Behavior
      L51 Economics of Regulation
      Q51 Valuation of Environmental Effects
      Q53 Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
      Q58 Environmental Economics: Government Policy


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