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Emissions Cheating, Air Pollution, and Health with Hannes Schwandt

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The Cheating Desl Cars Are Not Cheating, Right?

Soti: Because people didn't know how much, how much those cars polluted, that means that even though specific on bort those cars, there was no awareness of this pollution and no reaction to the pollution. And so if these ar cheating ors had just been, you know, let's say the regulation didn't exist, and it was legal for them to sell these high polluting vehicles,. If they had been honest about it, then it would mean that health conscious people, or pollution conscious people, would maybe buy less of them. That would confound your whole, your your estimates.

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