Imperial College London
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Dr Laure de Preux

Business School

Assistant Professor
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 9349l.depreux

 
 
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Location

 

486City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@techreport{de:2018,
author = {de, Preux Gallone LB and Sassi, F},
booktitle = {Chief Medical Officer annual report 2017: health impacts of all pollution – what do we know?},
publisher = {Department of Health and Social Care},
title = {Chapter 5 Economics of Pollution Interventions},
url = {https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/690846/CMO_Annual_Report_2017_Health_Impacts_of_All_Pollution_what_do_we_know.pdf},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - RPRT
AB  - Interventions to reduce pollution have the potential toincrease social welfare through improvements in health,social and economic outcomes. This potential has beenshown in a range of economic analyses focusing on specificinterventions. In this chapter we present evidence fromstudies focusing on the health impacts of environmentalinterventions that have been evaluated from an economicperspective. Overall, this body of evidence is stronglysuggestive of beneficial welfare impacts from mostinterventions. However, there remains significant scope forexpanding and strengthening the current evidence base inorder to provide clearer guidance to policy makers in policydesign and investment decisions. Salient points made in thischapter include:1) England has successfully managed to “decouple” trendsof economic growth and polluting emissions, achievingreductions in emissions of a large range of pollutants withan expanding economy. However, the detrimental healthimpacts of current levels of pollution are still large, asare the potential benefits of taking more incisive actionsagainst pollution.2) Economic analysis approaches typically applied in theappraisal of environmental interventions are at oddswith those prevailing in the health care domain. A goldstandardeconomic evaluation approach in the area ofenvironmental health interventions should take a societalperspective and aim at assessing overall impacts onsocial welfare. Available evidence neglecting these keycomponents likely underestimates the net benefit ofpollution reduction measures.3) Research priorities should now include the evaluation ofthe societal benefits of measures to address pollutionin order to justify economically beneficial interventionsthat reduce individuals’ pollution exposure or remove thesource of emissions.
AU  - de,Preux Gallone LB
AU  - Sassi,F
PB  - Department of Health and Social Care
PY  - 2018///
TI  - Chapter 5 Economics of Pollution Interventions
T1  - Chief Medical Officer annual report 2017: health impacts of all pollution – what do we know?
UR  - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/690846/CMO_Annual_Report_2017_Health_Impacts_of_All_Pollution_what_do_we_know.pdf
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/58735
ER  -
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