Links Between Air Quality and Economic Growth Implications for Pittsburgh

• Main Author: Nataraj, Shanthi (auth)
• Other Authors: Chari, Ramya (auth), Richardson, Amy (auth), Willis, Henry H. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2013
• Subjects: History of the Americas; Environment law; Society & culture: general; History; Law; Sociology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report assesses the evidence that exists for the ways in which local air quality could influence local economic growth through health and workforce issues, quality-of-life issues, or air-quality regulations and business operations. It then extrapolates some of the existing results to the Pittsb...