Americans Willing to Pay to Head off Climate Change

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Jan. 25, 2016

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Media Highlight

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Washington Examiner

"A new study by Resources for the Future researchers shows that Americans are willing to pay to head-off the worst effects of climate change. The authors of the study conclude that households for the most part are willing to pay to avoid increasingly hot and cold temperatures in the winter and summer. But those 'preferences and values vary significantly due to a number of factors,' including where a household is located."

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Maureen L. Cropper

Senior Fellow

Maureen Cropper is a a senior fellow at RFF, professor of economics at the University of Maryland, a member of the Board of Directors at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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