Plausibly Exogenous - Pollution Exposure (08/12/2021)

LHS Variable
Adult mortality

RHS Variable
Pollution exposure

Source of Exogenous Variation
United States Acid Rain Program (ARP) as a natural experiment: the ARP, which regulated emissions from coal power plants, created a permanent change in pollution across vast distances

- Barreca, Neidell, and Sanders (2017), “Long-Run Pollution Exposure and Mortality: Evidence from the Acid Rain Program”