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Congestion Pricing, Air Pollution, and Children’s Health

Emilia Simeonova, Janet Currie, Peter Nilsson and Reed Walker
Journal of Human Resources, October 2021, 56 (4) 971-996; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.4.0218-9363R2
Emilia Simeonova
Emilia Simeonova is an associate professor of Economics at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and a research fellow at the NBER ()
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Janet Currie
Janet Currie is a professor of Economics at Princeton University and a research associate at the NBER ()
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Peter Nilsson
Peter Nilsson is an associate professor of Economics at IIES, Stockholm University ()
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Reed Walker
Reed Walker is an associate professor at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and a research fellow at NBER ()
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