Conventional wisdom suggests that marginal damages from particulate matter pollution are high in less-developed countries because they are highly polluted. Using administrative data on the universe of births and deaths, we explore birthweight and mortality effects of gestational particulate...

Using transboundary pollution from mainland China as an instrument, we show that air pollution leads to higher cardio-respiratory mortality in Hong Kong. However, the air pollution effect has dramatically decreased over the past two decades: before 2003, a 10-unit increase in the Air Pollution...

Public bodies are endowed with far-reaching administrative powers to formulate and implement policy. Administrative law focuses upon the extent of these powers, the way in which they are exercised and controlled, on the relationship between public bodies and those who are affected by...

This article evaluates the contribution which judicial review can make in combating air pollution in Hong Kong, and more particularly, (1) the extent to which it can be used more effectively by Hong Kong's environmental lobby and (2) the usefulness of a constitutional right to life in the air...

Continuous measurements of ozone (O3) and nitrogen oxides (NOx=NO+NO2) were conducted from 2007 to 2019 in Hong Kong in order to evaluate the effectiveness of control strategies for NOx emission from diesel commercial vehicles (DCV). DCV control programs were periodically applied in three phases...

This working paper is written by Gaofeng Han (Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research) and Alfred Wong (Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research).This paper studies the relationship between carbon emissions, energy consumption and economic activity in Hong Kong. We...

Corruption is a universal phenomenon and no society is devoid of it. Although the world is not short of ideas on how to tackle corruption, the Hong Kong experience is frequently quoted as an epitome of success. Anti-corruption efforts have succeeded in Hong Kong because of the establishment of...