Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 10th Sept 2026, 07:08:10pm CEST (Norway)
External resources will be made available 30 min before a session starts. You may have to reload the page to access the resources.
|
Daily Overview |
| Session | |
|
Local pollution externalities Location: Auditorium A: Victor D. Norman Session Chair: Massimo Filippini, ETH Zurich | |
    | |
Do Wind Turbines Have Adverse Health Impacts? 1: Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE); 2: Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, LSE; 3: KfW Research; 4: TU Darmstadt, International Economics; 5: KU Leuven; 6: DIW Berlin Wind power is considered key in the transition towards net zero, but there are concerns about adverse health impacts on local residents. Based on precise geographical coordinates, we link representative longitudinal household data to all wind turbines in Germany and exploit their staggered rollout over two decades for identification in a spatial difference-in-differences design. We also consider exogenous wind directions. We find little evidence of negative effects on mental and physical health in the 12-Item Short Form Survey (SF-12), and on self-assessed health and doctor visits. Finally, we detect no impacts on suicides, as an extreme outcome of mental distress. | |