Benefits of diesel emission regulations: Evidence from the World's largest low emission zone
研究了东京都市区柴油排放法规对空气质量、土地价格和婴儿健康的影响，发现空气质量改善带来的土地增值收益约为成本的14倍，并改善了婴儿健康。
We examined the impact of diesel emission regulations on air quality, land prices, and infant health in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The results reveal that as air pollution concentrations improved, land prices increased more in areas with higher diesel vehicle traffic, even after controlling for non-regulated vehicle traffic. In contrast, the concentrations of non-regulated air pollutants were unaffected. Estimates based on the hedonic approach show that the benefit of air quality improvement in the metropolitan area is about 14 times the cost. Improved air quality also improved infant health. The improvement in infant mortality with a one-unit improvement in suspended particulate matter was similar in magnitude to published results from the United States.