Climate change will increase the risk of temperature extremes. Induced innovation could offset some of this threat …. This paper explores the demand and supply for climate adaptation innovation in a market economy. Climate change induces … this innovation because the rising temperatures increase demand for self protection products and for profit firms respond …

With the decline of the traditional hukou system, migrants in China have a broad set of cities to choose from. Within …

China's extremely high levels of urban air, water and greenhouse gas emissions levels pose local and global … environmental challenges. China's urban leaders have substantial influence and discretion over the evolution of economic activity … government and the public are placing pressure on China's urban leaders to mitigate externalities. Such "pro-green" incentives …

are borne by downstream neighbors. This paper exploits a natural experiment set in China in which the central government …

The quality of governance depends on public sector worker productivity. We use micro data from China to document that …

Urban China's high levels of ambient air pollution both lowers quality of life and raises mortality risk. China … inequality in human capital accumulation and in quality of life inequality in urban China …

China's environmental regulators have sought to reduce the Yangtze River's water pollution. We document that this …

park site selection and document the willingness of China's provincial leaders to sacrifice economic development in order …