Improving Human Health Through a Market-Friendly Emissions Scheme
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By Michael Greenstone (3M Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Aparna Krishnan (Executive Director, JPAL South Asia), Rohini Pande (Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School), Nicholas Ryan (PhD Candidate, MIT) and Anant Sudarshan (Giorgio Ruffolo Postdoctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science, Sustainability Science Program, Harvard Kennedy School)
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