PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Morello, Thiago
AU  - Martino, Simone
AU  - Duarte, Alejandro F.
AU  - Anderson, Liana
AU  - Davis, Katrina J.
AU  - Silva, Sonaira
AU  - Bateman, Ian J.
TI  - Fire, Tractors, and Health in the Amazon: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Fire Policy
AID  - 10.3368/le.95.3.409
DP  - 2019 Aug 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 409--434
VI  - 95
IP  - 3
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/95/3/409.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/95/3/409.full
SO  - Land Econ2019 Aug 01; 95
AB  - 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)