Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. Facultad de Economía y Planificación. Departamento Académico de Economía y Planificación

Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. Escuela de Posgrado. Doctorado en Economía de los Recursos Naturales y el Desarrollo Sustentable

High concentrations of particulate matter (PM) represent a risk to human health, one of its greatest sources is the existing vehicle fleet in Metropolitan Lima City (ML). Due to this problem, various regulatory measures have been established to mitigate this high level of contamination. This article aims to estimate the economic cost of air pollution by particulate matter generated by vehicular transport in Metropolitan Lima. This is the starting point for the design and implementation of policy measures in an efficiency context. For this purpose, the factors of the concentration-response function were used in order to estimate the number of cases of mortality and morbidity associated with the concentration of PM. The results show that the cost fluctuated between 0.21% and 0.29% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of LM, a significantly lower fraction in relation to other densely populat...

According to NOAA, the results of an economic valuation are applicable as public policy if they fulfill two conditions: rationality and plausibility. In this study, we carried out the valuation of biodiversity conservation in Manu National Park in Peru (a megabiodiverse country), based on three representations: species, habitat and functionality. We identify sensitivity to scope in most of the attributes used. When we add socioeconomic characteristics, we identify that gender and salary levels affect preferences. Our total analysis shows that number of threatened plant species and functionality better fulfill both conditions.