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Pollution, Health, and Avoidance Behavior

Evidence from the Ports of Los Angeles

Enrico Moretti and Matthew Neidell
Journal of Human Resources, January 2011, 46 (1) 154-175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.46.1.154
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