Koichiro Ito
Biographic Data
| ID | 5868724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Koichiro Ito |
| GIVEN NAMES | Koichiro |
| FAMILY NAME | Ito |
| SIGNATURE | ITO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1307 East 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637, and NBER [email protected] |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2167-582X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
International Spillover Effects of Air Pollution
International transboundary air pollution poses a significant threat to the global economy and health, yet conventional economic analyses seldom incorporate this phenomenon. By integrating transboundary particle trajectory data with individual-level mortality and emergency department visit records, we find that air pollution from China significantly increases mortality and morbidity in South Korea. We evaluate the spillover benefits of recent Chi…
Willingness to Pay for Clean Air
We develop a framework to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for clean air from defensive investment. Applying this framework to product-by-store level scanner data on air purifier sales in China, we provide among the first revealed preference estimates of WTP for clean air in developing countries. A spatial discontinuity in air pollution created by the Huai River heating policy enables us to analyze household responses to long-run exposure to pol…
The Economics of Attribute-Based Regulation
This paper analyzes "attribute-based regulations," in which regulatory compliance depends upon some secondary attribute that is not the intended target of the regulation. For example, in many countries, fuel-economy standards mandate that vehicles have a certain fuel economy, but heavier or larger vehicles are allowed to meet a lower standard. Such policies create perverse incentives to distort the attribute upon which compliance depends. We deve…
Do Consumers Respond to Marginal or Average Price? Evidence from Nonlinear Electricity Pricing
Nonlinear pricing and taxation complicate economic decisions by creating multiple marginal prices for the same good. This paper provides a framework to uncover consumers’ perceived price of nonlinear price schedules. I exploit price variation at spatial discontinuities in electricity service areas, where households in the same city experience substantially different nonlinear pricing. Using household-level panel data from administrative records, …
Willingness to Pay for Clean Air
We develop a framework to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for clean air from defensive investment. Applying this framework to product-by-store level scanner data on air purifier sales in China, we provide among the first revealed preference estimates of WTP for clean air in developing countries. A spatial discontinuity in air pollution created by the Huai River heating policy enables us to analyze household responses to long-run exposure to pol…
Do Consumers Respond to Marginal or Average Price? Evidence from Nonlinear Electricity Pricing
Nonlinear pricing and taxation complicate economic decisions by creating multiple marginal prices for the same good. This paper provides a framework to uncover consumers’ perceived price of nonlinear price schedules. I exploit price variation at spatial discontinuities in electricity service areas, where households in the same city experience substantially different nonlinear pricing. Using household-level panel data from administrative records, …
The Economics of Attribute-Based Regulation
This paper analyzes "attribute-based regulations," in which regulatory compliance depends upon some secondary attribute that is not the intended target of the regulation. For example, in many countries, fuel-economy standards mandate that vehicles have a certain fuel economy, but heavier or larger vehicles are allowed to meet a lower standard. Such policies create perverse incentives to distort the attribute upon which compliance depends. We deve…
Willingness to Pay for Clean Air
We develop a framework to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for clean air from defensive investment. Applying this framework to product-by-store level scanner data on air purifier sales in China, we provide among the first revealed preference estimates of WTP for clean air in developing countries. A spatial discontinuity in air pollution created by the Huai River heating policy enables us to analyze household responses to long-run exposure to pol…
International Spillover Effects of Air Pollution
International transboundary air pollution poses a significant threat to the global economy and health, yet conventional economic analyses seldom incorporate this phenomenon. By integrating transboundary particle trajectory data with individual-level mortality and emergency department visit records, we find that air pollution from China significantly increases mortality and morbidity in South Korea. We evaluate the spillover benefits of recent Chi…
Economics (4 works) · Microeconomics (3 works) · Air pollution (2 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (2 works) · Macroeconomics (2 works) · Natural resource economics (2 works) · Air purifier (1 work) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (1 work)