Cost of trans-boundary haze externalities

This paper attempts to assess the economic value of the trans-boundary 1997 haze damages on health in Malaysia. Valuing the damage will help policy makers appreciate the scale of the problem as the values can be readily compared with other losses or the merits of alternative resource use. It also fa...

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Main Authors: JAMAL OTHMAN, MOHD SHAHWAHID H. O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1999
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1350/
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description This paper attempts to assess the economic value of the trans-boundary 1997 haze damages on health in Malaysia. Valuing the damage will help policy makers appreciate the scale of the problem as the values can be readily compared with other losses or the merits of alternative resource use. It also facilitates the establishment of common cross-country enviromental policy framework, which will benefit the affected region as a whole. The impacts on health are especially highlighted in this paper, as there is sufficient market data for the employment of appropriate secondary valuation technique, namely the Dose-Response Function. Policy implications, based on the findings of the study are offered. This study contributes substantially to the literature on environmentalvaluation in Malaysia. The Dose-Response Function would not be made possible without the given haze episode, where all relevant health data and pollution level were collected nationwide and on a daily basis. The Malaysian Dose-Response coefficient may also be transferred to other similar studies via a Benefit Transfer Protocol
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spelling ukm-13502016-12-14T06:29:22Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1350/ Cost of trans-boundary haze externalities JAMAL OTHMAN, MOHD SHAHWAHID H. O., This paper attempts to assess the economic value of the trans-boundary 1997 haze damages on health in Malaysia. Valuing the damage will help policy makers appreciate the scale of the problem as the values can be readily compared with other losses or the merits of alternative resource use. It also facilitates the establishment of common cross-country enviromental policy framework, which will benefit the affected region as a whole. The impacts on health are especially highlighted in this paper, as there is sufficient market data for the employment of appropriate secondary valuation technique, namely the Dose-Response Function. Policy implications, based on the findings of the study are offered. This study contributes substantially to the literature on environmentalvaluation in Malaysia. The Dose-Response Function would not be made possible without the given haze episode, where all relevant health data and pollution level were collected nationwide and on a daily basis. The Malaysian Dose-Response coefficient may also be transferred to other similar studies via a Benefit Transfer Protocol Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1999 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1350/1/2388-4795-1-SM.pdf JAMAL OTHMAN, and MOHD SHAHWAHID H. O., (1999) Cost of trans-boundary haze externalities. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 33 . ISSN 0127-1962 http://www.ukm.my/~penerbit
spellingShingle JAMAL OTHMAN,
MOHD SHAHWAHID H. O.,
Cost of trans-boundary haze externalities
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title_full Cost of trans-boundary haze externalities
title_fullStr Cost of trans-boundary haze externalities
title_full_unstemmed Cost of trans-boundary haze externalities
title_short Cost of trans-boundary haze externalities
title_sort cost of trans-boundary haze externalities
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1350/
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