Ghanem, Dalia; Zhang, Junjie - In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 68 (2014) 2, pp. 203-225
This paper uses unique data on daily air pollution concentrations over the period 2001–2010 to test for manipulation in self-reported data by Chinese cities. First, we employ a discontinuity test to detect evidence consistent with data manipulation. Then, we propose a panel matching approach...