How does government attention matter in air pollution control? Evidence from government annual reports

R Bao, T Liu - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2022 - Elsevier
Ambitious environmental action demands policymakers' attention. Since 2014, when China
proclaimed a" war on pollution," government attention to environmental concerns has …

Tax incentives, environmental regulation and firms' emission reduction strategies: Evidence from China

Y Qi, J Zhang, J Chen - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Policy interaction is an important way to deal with increasingly complex environmental
problems. This paper examines the investment-related tax cuts and the policy interaction …

Does the squeaky wheel get more grease? The direct and indirect effects of citizen participation on environmental governance in China

MT Buntaine, M Greenstone, G He, M Liu… - American Economic …, 2024 - pubs.aeaweb.org
We conducted a nationwide field experiment in China to evaluate the direct and indirect
impacts of assigning firms to public or private citizen appeals when they violate pollution …

Blessing or curse: How does sustainable development policy affect total factor productivity of energy-intensive enterprises?

CC Lee, Q Zhong, H Wen, Q Song - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
The achievement of sustainable development in energy-intensive sectors is crucial for
promoting long-term economic growth and stability. Utilizing the National Sustainable …

The pollution control effect of the atmospheric environmental policy in autumn and winter: Evidence from the daily data of Chinese cities

Z Zhang, Y Shang, G Zhang, S Shao, J Fang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The pollution control effect of seasonal environmental regulation policies in developing
countries still lacks empirical evidence. In 2017, China implemented its first Atmospheric …

Can vertical environmental regulation induce enterprise green innovation? A new perspective from automatic air quality monitoring station in China

L Du, W Lin, J Du, M Jin, M Fan - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Based on panel data of listed companies in China from 2006 to 2020, this study takes the
establishment of automatic air quality monitoring stations as a quasi-natural experiment and …

Resource extraction, environmental pollution and economic development: Evidence from prefecture-level cities in China

Y Sun, Y Li, T Yu, X Zhang, L Liu, P Zhang - Resources Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
The environmental pollution caused by resource extraction will crowd out other factors for
economic growth, thus undermining the economic growth and sustainable development of …

Navigating and evaluating the labyrinth of environmental regulation in China

VJ Karplus, J Zhang, J Zhao - Review of Environmental …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
We examine the development of China's environmental regulatory system over nearly 50
years and review economic studies of its effectiveness. China's environmental regulation …

Can technology solve the principal-agent problem? Evidence from China's war on air pollution

M Greenstone, G He, R Jia, T Liu - American Economic Review …, 2022 - aeaweb.org
We examine the introduction of automatic air pollution monitoring to counter suspected
tampering at the local level, a central feature of China's “war on pollution.” Exploiting 654 …

From fog to smog: The value of pollution information

PJ Barwick, S Li, L Lin, EY Zou - American Economic Review, 2024 - aeaweb.org
In 2013, China launched a landmark program to monitor air quality and disclose real-time
data, significantly increasing the public's access to and awareness of pollution information …