TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Neidell, Matthew
AU  - Uchida, Shinsuke
AU  - Veronesi, Marcella
        TI  - Be Cautious with the Precautionary Principle: Evidence from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident
        PY  - 2019/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12687
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12687
        AB  - This paper provides a large scale, empirical evaluation of unintended effects from invoking the precautionary principle after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. After the accident, all nuclear power stations ceased operation and nuclear power was replaced by fossil fuels, causing an exogenous increase in electricity prices. This increase led to a reduction in energy consumption, which caused an increase in mortality during very cold temperatures. We estimate that the increase in mortality from higher electricity prices outnumbers the mortality from the accident itself, suggesting the decision to cease nuclear production has contributed to more deaths than the accident itself.
        KW  - electricity
KW  - nuclear energy
KW  - precuationary principle
KW  - mortality
        ER  -