international trade and the environment with a focus on recent work and methods. We discuss the literature linking trade to local …

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 …

In generating fast economic growth, China is also generating growing concern about its environmental record. Using 2000 …

Since 2005, the Chinese government has engaged in an ambitious effort to move China's energy system away from coal and … towards more environmentally friendly sources of energy. However, China's investment in coal power has accelerated sharply in …. In this paper, we ask why China engaged in such a pronounced investment boom in coal power in the mid-2010s. We find the …

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

, fuel economy standards for automobiles, renewable portfolio standards, low carbon fuel standards, and—most recently—China … substantial gains could arise from shifting two programs, China’s new national carbon market (~60% gain) and the California Low …