in Germany after the Fukushima accident in 2011. We use hourly data on power plant operations and a novel machine … this cost comes from the increased mortality risk associated with exposure to the local air pollution emitted when burning …

corporate board seats going to worker representatives. We study a reformin Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for … design compares firm cohorts incorporated before the reform and after; in a robustness check we additionally draw on the …

Reductions in ambient pollution have been taken as an indisputable "silver lining" to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Indeed …, including to China's notoriously-poor air quality. We analyze China's official pollution monitor data and account for the large … are found for the six provinces neighboring Hubei. We conclude that COVID-19 had ambiguous impacts on China's pollution …

percent). The evidence is generally consistent with the channel of environmental pollution. Given the well …