TY - JOUR T1 - Fire, Tractors, and Health in the Amazon: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Fire Policy JF - Land Economics JO - Land Econ SP - 409 LP - 434 DO - 10.3368/le.95.3.409 VL - 95 IS - 3 AU - Thiago Morello AU - Simone Martino AU - Alejandro F. Duarte AU - Liana Anderson AU - Katrina J. Davis AU - Sonaira Silva AU - Ian J. Bateman Y1 - 2019/08/01 UR - http://le.uwpress.org/content/95/3/409.abstract N2 - Pollution from agricultural fires is a global health issue that is particularly challenging where smallholders depend on burnings for subsistence. In Acre state, Western Amazon, a partial ban on fire, enforced with fines, is coupled with subsidized tractors. To evaluate this policy, a discrete choice experiment and contingent valuation were merged into a novel statistical variant of the Hicks-Kaldor test that is robust to preference heterogeneity. Among 27 ways to extend the ban, 5 could improve both respiratory health and smallholders’ welfare, when compensated with tractors that are available for longer hours and at the right time of the year. (JEL Q51, Q52) ER -