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Private Adoption of Public Good Technologies: The Case of PurpleAir / Joshua S. Graff Zivin, Benjamin Krebs, Matthew J. Neidell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graff Zivin, Joshua S.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w32356.
- NBER working paper series no. w32356
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2024.
- Summary:
- We study the private adoption and diffusion of a technology that provides a local public good - PurpleAir (PA) pollution monitors. From a purely informational perspective, the ideal spacing of these monitors should reflect the degree of spatial correlation in pollution. In stark contrast, we find that monitor adoption is spatially highly clustered in less polluted areas, suggesting the marginal monitor adopted provides minimal additional public information. Moreover, monitor adoption mainly occurs in affluent, predominantly white neighborhoods, underscoring the potential environmental justice concerns associated with the private provision of this public good.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- April 2024.
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