Porter in China: a quasi-experimental view of market-based environmental regulation effects on firm performance

Y Shang, N Schneider, J Cifuentes-Faura, X Zhao - Energy Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper exploits a natural Market-based Environmental Regulation (MER) experiment
(the 2007 Sulfur dioxide (SO 2) Emissions Trading Pilot (ETP) of the 11th five-year plan …

Extreme air pollution in global megacities

ME Marlier, AS Jina, PL Kinney, RS DeFries - Current Climate Change …, 2016 - Springer
Air quality in the world's most populous cities (megacities) impacts a sizeable proportion of
the global population. Projected population increases in urban areas over the coming …

Expansion of city scale, traffic modes, traffic congestion, and air pollution

J Lu, B Li, H Li, A Al-Barakani - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, the number of large cities and the incidence of urban haze have been
increasing. However, whether population growth inevitably leads to air pollution is …

Air pollution lowers Chinese urbanites' expressed happiness on social media

S Zheng, J Wang, C Sun, X Zhang, ME Kahn - Nature human behaviour, 2019 - nature.com
High levels of air pollution in China may contribute to the urban population's reported low
level of happiness,–. To test this claim, we have constructed a daily city-level expressed …

The consequences of spatially differentiated water pollution regulation in China

Z Chen, ME Kahn, Y Liu, Z Wang - Journal of Environmental Economics …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper studies the consequences of China's recent water pollution regulation. We find
evidence that the regulation reduces pollution-intensive activity in highly regulated areas …

The effect of innovation-driven development on pollution reduction: Empirical evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China

K Gao, Y Yuan - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2021 - Elsevier
Under the dual pressures of slowing economic growth and increasing environmental
pollution in China, there is no doubt that relying on innovation to promote pollution reduction …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of extended-STIRPAT in responding to the environmental footprint: Inclusion of environmental technologies and environmental taxation

G Aziz, S Sarwar, MW Hussan, A Saeed - Energy Strategy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
This research dives deep into the interplay between environmental technology,
environmental taxes, and renewable energy consumption, emphasizing their collective …

An analysis of China's energy policy from 1981 to 2020: Transitioning towards to a diversified and low-carbon energy system

L Guilhot - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Looking back at four decades of China's energy policy (1981–2020), three momentous shifts
can be said to have taken place. From the Sixth Five-Year Plan (1981) to the Ninth Five-Year …

Does the" 10-Point Water Plan" reduce the intensity of industrial water pollution? Quasi-experimental evidence from China

Z Zhou, J Liu, N Zhou, T Zhang, H Zeng - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Action Plan for Water Pollution Prevention and Control (ie, the" 10-Point Water
Plan") is a regulation formulated by China to prevent and control water pollution and ensure …

China's war on pollution: Evidence from the first 5 years

M Greenstone, G He, S Li… - Review of Environmental …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
The decade from 2010 to 2019 marked a significant turning point in China's approach to
environmental regulation and pollution. This article describes the recent trends in air and …