Up in Smoke: The Impact of Wildfire Pollution on Healthcare Municipal Finance
Wildfire smoke pollution is associated with significantly higher healthcare municipal borrowing costs, amounting to $250 million in realized interest costs for high-smoke counties in 2010–2019, and an estimated $570 million over the following 10 years.
Authors
- Dermot Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5108-7340)
- Luis A. Lopez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8076-5924)
- Nitzan Tzur-Ilan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9247-5502)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Working Papers
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.24149/wp2503
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.11