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Lucas W. Davis
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 97
Citations - 5438
Lucas W. Davis is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Deadweight loss & Price elasticity of demand. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 92 publications receiving 4410 citations. Previous affiliations of Lucas W. Davis include University of California & Energy Institute.
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The Effect of Driving Restrictions on Air Quality in Mexico City
TL;DR: In 1989, the government of Mexico City introduced a program, Hoy No Circula, that banned most drivers from using their vehicles one weekday per week on the basis of the last digit of the vehicle's license plate as mentioned in this paper.
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The Effect of Driving Restrictions on Air Quality in Mexico City
Lucas W. Davis,Lucas W. Davis +1 more
TL;DR: In 1989, the government of Mexico City introduced a program, Hoy No Circula, that banned most drivers from using their vehicles one weekday per week on the basis of the last digit of the vehicle's license plate.
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Contribution of air conditioning adoption to future energy use under global warming
TL;DR: High-quality microdata from Mexico is used to characterize empirically the relationship between temperature, income, and air conditioning, and how climate and income drive air conditioning adoption decisions, and to forecast future energy consumption.
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Environmental Health Risks and Housing Values: Evidence from 1,600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings
TL;DR: Applying a research design based on the openings and closings of 1,600 industrial plants to rich data on housing markets and infant health, it is found that toxic air emissions affect air quality only within 1 mile of the plant.
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The Effect of Health Risk on Housing Values: Evidence from a Cancer Cluster.
TL;DR: These estimates provide some of the first market-based estimates of the value of health for children, using property-level sales records from a county in Nevada where residents recently experienced a severe increase in pediatric leukemia.