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Up in Smoke: The Impact of Wildfire Pollution on Healthcare Municipal Finance

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Working Papers

DOI: 10.24149/wp2503

Authors: Luis A. Lopez, Dermot Murphy, Nitzan Tzur-Ilan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Sean Wilkoff

Language: English

Topic: Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4406203855

FWCI: 11.71

Cites: 73

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10