Unfried, Kerstin; Wang, Feicheng - 2022
examines the causal effect of plastic waste imports on air pollution by exploiting China’s experience of importing plastic … recipient countries. As the largest recipient, China has permanently banned the imports of plastic waste since 2018. This paper …. To evaluate the impact of the import ban on air quality, we employ daily data on air pollution between 2015 and 2020. Our …