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SUMMARY:Fire\, tractors and health in the Amazon: a cost-benefit analysis 
 of fire policy - Thiago Morello\, Federal University of ABC\, São Paulo\,
  Brazil.
DTSTART:20180124T160000Z
DTEND:20180124T170000Z
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CONTACT:Ingrid Cizaite
DESCRIPTION:The paper presents a cost-benefit analysis of policies for rep
 lacing agricultural fires for subsidized tractors. Discrete choice and con
 tingent valuation surveys were applied in the Brazilian Amazon to fire-dep
 endent smallholders and urban dwellers exposed to fire pollution. To aggre
 gate individual values\, a statistical version of the Hicks-Kaldor test wa
 s devised and data confirmed that it improved efficiency assessment by inc
 orporating preference variance. Efficient policy amendments compensated re
 duced fire use by expanding tractor supply to the maximum level and making
  tractors arrive without delay in smallholdings. Prioritizing the east of 
 the study region was prescribed by a spatial break-down of analysis.\n\nTh
 iago Morello is an Assistant Professor at the Federal University of ABC\, 
 São Paulo\, Brazil\, with teaching and supervising responsibilities in th
 e Bsc Economics and the Master program in Economics. Darwin Initiative Fel
 low\, Defra UK\, from September 2014-September 2015\, hosted by Lancaster 
 Environment Centre\, Lancaster University\, UK. Visiting scholar in the La
 nd\, Environment\, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP)\, Exeter Universi
 ty\, from September 2017 to May 2018.
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 1
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