Showing papers by "Maureen L. Cropper published in 1980"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a method of valuing air quality based on differences in wages among cities using an urban location model and showed that the supply of labor to any city increases with the real wage and with air quality in the business district.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a model where the society, wishing to maximize the present discounted value of energy output net of pollution costs and with fixed resources for energy production, must decide what portion of its energy needs will be met by fossil fuel and what portion by nuclear energy.