Lala Ma

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 711 citations indexed

About

Lala Ma is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Lala Ma has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 711 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Lala Ma's work include Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (8 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (6 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (6 papers). Lala Ma is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (8 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (6 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (6 papers). Lala Ma collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and United Kingdom. Lala Ma's co-authors include Christopher Timmins, Spencer Banzhaf, Elaine Hill, Laura Bakkensen, H. Spencer Banzhaf, Shawn J. McCoy, Kevin Haninger, Lucija Muehlenbachs, Matthew Harding and Carlos Lamarche and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

Lala Ma

20 papers receiving 671 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Environmental Justice: The Economics of Race, Place, and Pollution

2019 342 citations Spencer Banzhaf, Lala Ma et al. The Journal of Economic Perspectives profile →

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Matthew Ranson United States

Teevrat Garg United States

Marina Andrijevic Germany

Shashank Mohan India

Kate Larsen United States

Matthew Thomas Clement United States

Klara Zwickl Austria

Hongjia Zhu China

Sefi Roth United Kingdom

David Castells‐Quintana Spain

Matthew Ranson United States

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438 ×1.7

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221 ×1.0

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96 ×1.2

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Countries citing papers authored by Lala Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lala Ma

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lala Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lala Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lala Ma based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lala Ma. Lala Ma is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Ma, Lala, et al.. (2025). A spatially differentiated water pollution policy leads to economic and health inequity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(39). e2421404122–e2421404122.

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Bakkensen, Laura, et al.. (2024). Cumulative impacts in environmental justice: Insights from economics and policy. Regional Science and Urban Economics. 107. 103993–103993. 3 indexed citations

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Ma, Lala, et al.. (2023). Racial Gaps in Federal Flood Buyout Compensations. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 113. 451–455. 5 indexed citations

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Hill, Elaine, et al.. (2022). Who Benefits from Hazardous Waste Cleanups? Evidence from the Housing Market. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Hill, Elaine & Lala Ma. (2022). Drinking water, fracking, and infant health. Journal of Health Economics. 82. 102595–102595. 33 indexed citations

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Harding, Matthew, et al.. (2022). The (alleged) environmental and social benefits of dynamic pricing. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 205. 574–593. 2 indexed citations

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Hill, Elaine, et al.. (2021). Rural light pollution from shale gas development and associated sleep and subjective well-being. Resource and Energy Economics. 64. 101220–101220. 31 indexed citations

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Ma, Lala, et al.. (2021). Race and Environmental Worries. 21(15). 1–22. 2 indexed citations

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Hill, Elaine & Lala Ma. (2021). The fracking concern with water quality. Science. 373(6557). 853–854. 8 indexed citations

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Ma, Lala, et al.. (2021). Race and Environmental Worries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Hill, Elaine, et al.. (2021). Economic, Environmental, and Health Impacts of the Fracking Boom. Annual Review of Resource Economics. 13(1). 311–334. 31 indexed citations

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Hill, Elaine, et al.. (2020). A Review of the Economic, Environmental, and Health Impacts of the Fracking Boom. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Bakkensen, Laura & Lala Ma. (2020). Sorting over flood risk and implications for policy reform. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 104. 102362–102362. 75 indexed citations

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Banzhaf, H. Spencer, Lala Ma, & Christopher Timmins. (2019). Environmental Justice: Establishing Causal Relationships. Annual Review of Resource Economics. 11(1). 377–398. 68 indexed citations

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Bakkensen, Laura, et al.. (2019). Flood Risk and Salience: New Evidence from the Sunshine State. Southern Economic Journal. 85(4). 1132–1158. 26 indexed citations

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Ma, Lala. (2019). LEARNING IN A HEDONIC FRAMEWORK: VALUING BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION. International Economic Review. 60(3). 1355–1387. 20 indexed citations

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Banzhaf, Spencer, Lala Ma, & Christopher Timmins. (2019). Environmental Justice: The Economics of Race, Place, and Pollution. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 33(1). 185–208. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Lala, et al.. (2019). User Responses to Imperfect Forecasts: Findings from an Experiment with Kentucky Wheat Farmers. Weather Climate and Society. 11(4). 791–808. 3 indexed citations

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Hill, Elaine & Lala Ma. (2017). Shale Gas Development and Drinking Water Quality. American Economic Review. 107(5). 522–525. 45 indexed citations

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Haninger, Kevin, Lala Ma, & Christopher Timmins. (2012). Estimating the Impacts of Brownfield Remediation on Housing Property Values. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations

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