the country to target the world as its market. This research discusses the role of international trade in China's economic … growth. It starts with a review of conceptions as well as the evolution of China's international trade regime and the policy … that China has taken in favor of trade sectors. In addition, China's international trade performance is analyzed …

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe … and export exposure. We find that the rise of "the East" in the world economy caused substantial job losses in German …

and temporal resolution. Then, we link inversion episode data to ground level pollution monitors and to daily in- and … from low-income households suffer significantly more from air pollution than children from high income households. Finally … pollution across children in rich and poor households. …

plant located in an industrial city in Hebei province, north China. Long-term workers earn piece-rate wages, with no base … rich world today. We document large reductions in productivity, of the order of 15%, over the first 200 µg/m3 rise in PM2 ….5 concentrations, with the drop leveling off for further increases in fine-particle pollution. A back-of-the-envelope calculation …

In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of ambient air pollution on individuals' productivity by using panel data … exogenous variation in the players' exposure to air pollution due to match scheduling rules that are beyond the control of teams … and players. Our analysis shows negative and non-linear effects of air pollution on short-run productivity. We further …

We examine the impact of air pollution on infant death in California over the 1990s. Our work offers several … innovations: First, many previous studies examine populations subject to far greater levels of pollution. In contrast, the … experience of California in the 1990s is clearly relevant to current debates over the regulation of pollution. Second, many …

Air pollution was severe in many urban areas of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, in part …

literature. Here we study Europe's most aggressive recent air pollution regulation: Low Emission Zones are areas in which … Germany, we assess the distribution of air pollution and the spatial substitution effects in green versus dirty vehicles. We … find that LEZs decrease air pollution by around nine percent in urban traffic centers while pollution is unchanged in non …

One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration … in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing … challenges faced by these countries without undermining their economies. In this paper, we examine the impact of air pollution on …