An Ex Post Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Nitrogen Dioxide Air Polluiton Control Program in Tokyo

摘要

The benefits and costs of past nitrogen doxide (NO_2) control policies were calculated for Tokyo, Japan, using environmental, economic, politicla, demographic, and medical data from 1973 to 1994. The benefits of NO_2 control were estimated as medical expenses and los work time due to hypothetical no-control air concentrations of NO_2. Direct costs were calculated as annulaized capital expenditures and 1 hyear's operating costs for regulated industries plus governmental agency expenses.