Turaga, Rama Mohana R.Noonan, Douglas S.Bostrom, Ann2015-11-052015-11-052015Turaga, R. M. R., Noonan, D., & Bostrom, A. (2015). Spatial Regulation of Air Toxics Hot Spots. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 34(2), 298–327. http://doi.org/10.1002/pam.21820https://hdl.handle.net/1805/7354This paper analyzes the potential implications, in terms of net social costs and distribution of risks and abatement costs, of a policy to address the problem of air toxics “hot spots.” The policy we analyze involves regulation of air toxics sources at increasingly finer spatial resolutions. We develop a model of a decisionmaker choosing emission standards within a net cost minimization framework. Empirical application of the model to two counties in Florida demonstrates that regulation at finer resolutions could involve trade-offs between net social costs and equitable distribution of risks and, in some settings, between individual and population risks.en-USIUPUI Open Access Policyhot spotsair toxicsspatial resolutionArticle