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Matthew Yglesias
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Another air pollution and cognition paper. Doubtless some publication bias in this literature, but it's a very extensive literature at this point.
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Jennifer Doleac
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Irina Firsova JMP: "Does Air Pollution Affect the Likelihood of a Fatal Car Crash? Evidence from the US" Website: irinafirsova.com
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Anthony Kim, PhD
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Might an alternative hypothesis be that increased traffic density causes both an increase in fatal car collisions and an increase in air pollution? Are we sure we have the causality direction correct? You'd need a controlled experiment to determine causation.
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Marc Krupanski
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Thanks, Matt. We know that exposure to air pollution has contemporaneous effects on violent crime as well. It’s wild. Much innovation can take place in infrastructure, including testing use of air filters in public schools, housing and jails.
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RhythmDoc
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Aren’t air pollution levels highly correlated to, you know, more cars on the road? How could you even control for that?
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