The Estimation of the Willingness to Pay for Air-Quality Improvement in Thailand

Thailand has experienced severe air-quality problems for the past 10 years. Complicating this situation, the Thai government allocates an insufficient budget for the management of air pollution. Using the contingent valuation method, this paper estimates the willingness to pay for air-quality improv...

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Autores principales:	Waranan Tantiwat, Christopher Gan, Wei Yang
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	willingness to pay air quality improvement contingent valuation method Thailand Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/dbec7b9a5ec94a6ebba01a2afa92a32d
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:dbec7b9a5ec94a6ebba01a2afa92a32d2021-11-11T19:51:13ZThe Estimation of the Willingness to Pay for Air-Quality Improvement in Thailand10.3390/su1321123132071-1050https://doaj.org/article/dbec7b9a5ec94a6ebba01a2afa92a32d2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/12313https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Thailand has experienced severe air-quality problems for the past 10 years. Complicating this situation, the Thai government allocates an insufficient budget for the management of air pollution. Using the contingent valuation method, this paper estimates the willingness to pay for air-quality improvement in Thailand to reveal the benefits that people will gain if air-quality improves. The results show that the total benefits from air-quality improvement would be 18.8 billion baht in 2020. The Thai government can use these findings as a guideline to redistribute its budget to address air pollution more effectively.Waranan TantiwatChristopher GanWei YangMDPI AGarticlewillingness to payair quality improvementcontingent valuation methodThailandEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12313, p 12313 (2021)
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description	Thailand has experienced severe air-quality problems for the past 10 years. Complicating this situation, the Thai government allocates an insufficient budget for the management of air pollution. Using the contingent valuation method, this paper estimates the willingness to pay for air-quality improvement in Thailand to reveal the benefits that people will gain if air-quality improves. The results show that the total benefits from air-quality improvement would be 18.8 billion baht in 2020. The Thai government can use these findings as a guideline to redistribute its budget to address air pollution more effectively.
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title	The Estimation of the Willingness to Pay for Air-Quality Improvement in Thailand
title_short	The Estimation of the Willingness to Pay for Air-Quality Improvement in Thailand
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The Estimation of the Willingness to Pay for Air-Quality Improvement in Thailand

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