Corrigendum to “Energy policies and pollution in two developing country cities: A quantitative model” [J. Dev. Econ. Vol. 171 (2024), 103348] (Journal of Development Economics (2024) 171, (S030438782400097X), (10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103348))

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The authors regret that due to the loading of an incorrect version of a data file, the calibration of parameters for Maputo in the published version contains an error. Consequently, the results of the counterfactual simulations with the corrected parameters also slightly change for Maputo. Most of the changes are minor (see below) and none of them affect the main conclusions of the paper. There were also incorrect values of parameters in the paper in Tab. 1, see below. We report the corrected tables below. For ease of comparison, the (incorrect) tables from the published version are labelled “Old Table”, while the corrected versions are labelled “New Table”. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused. 4 Calibration The published article had the following calibrated parameters for Maputo: α = 0.01, q0 = 49.99, γ = 0.0051, h0 = 8896.4, A1 = 8.06 × 106 and A2 = 3.94 × 106.1 The correct parameter values are: α = 0.01, q0 = 49.99, γ = 0.0033, h0 = 9047.72, A1 = 8.15 × 106 and A2 = 4.62 × 106. Old Table 1: Variables and calibrated parameters [Table presented] Note: all monetary variables are in international dollars per year. New Table 1: Variables and calibrated parameters [Table presented] Note: all monetary variables are in international dollars per year. 5 Counterfactual simulation 5.2 Maputo Here, we show the affected tables with the simulation results for Maputo. Old Table 6: Counterfactual results Maputo [Table presented] Note: For each outcome, the number shows the percentage change in the counterfactual relative to the baseline. Welfare is the ratio of compensating variation (CV) over income. New Table 6: Counterfactual results Maputo [Table presented] Note: For each outcome, the number shows the percentage change in the counterfactual relative to the baseline. Welfare is the ratio of compensating variation (CV) over income. Appendix C. Additional tables Old Table C.3: Counterfactual results Maputo: sensitivity [Table presented] Note: For each outcome, the number shows the percentage change in the counterfactual relative to the baseline. Welfare is the ratio of compensating variation (CV) over income. New Table C.3: Counterfactual results Maputo: sensitivity [Table presented] Note: For each outcome, the number shows the percentage change in the counterfactual relative to the baseline. Welfare is the ratio of compensating variation (CV) over income. Old Table C.4: Counterfactual results Maputo: transport costs (mechanisms) [Table presented] Note: For each outcome, the number shows the percentage change in the counterfactual relative to the baseline. Welfare is the ratio of compensating variation (CV) over income. New Table C.4: Counterfactual results Maputo: transport costs (mechanisms) [Table presented] Note: For each outcome, the number shows the percentage change in the counterfactual relative to the baseline. Welfare is the ratio of compensating variation (CV) over income. Old Table C.5: Counterfactual results Maputo: energy costs (mechanisms) [Table presented] Note: For each outcome, the number shows the percentage change in the counterfactual relative to the baseline. Welfare is the ratio of compensating variation (CV) over income. New Table C.5: Counterfactual results Maputo: energy costs (mechanisms) [Table presented] Note: For each outcome, the number shows the percentage change in the counterfactual relative to the baseline. Welfare is the ratio of compensating variation (CV) over income.