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Green infrastructure and air pollution: evidence from highways connecting two megacities in China
Yu, Bo; Tran, Trang My; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2021
Following market liberalisation, the vehicle population in China has increased dramatically over the past few decades. This paper examines the causal impact of the opening of a heavily used high speed rail line connecting two megacities in China in 2015, Chengdu and Chongqing, on air pollution....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705682
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Estimation of China Sectoral Emission Intensity: Based on Input-Output Model
Zhao, Xueting - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2014
With strong economic growth, China’s energy consumption and CO2 emissions grow quickly. The energy shortage and environmental problem have become the bottleneck of further economic growth. The most popular method to estimate the environmental impact is the Environmental input-output analysis,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010940484
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Connective financing Chinese infrastructure projects and the diffusion of economic activity in developing countries
Bluhm, Richard; Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Parks, Bradley - 2020
This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial concentration of economic activity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012226698
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Chinese infrastructure projects and the diffusion of economic activity in developing countries
Bluhm, Richard; Drehery, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Parks, … - 2020
This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial concentration of economic activity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230114
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Infrastructure and urbanization in the People's Republic of China
Li, Zhigang - 2017
The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined … infrastructure investment, which then drives economic growth via various channels including reducing transaction costs and raising … productivity. Another mechanism emphasized in this paper is that infrastructure investment can promote urbanization through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585947
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Infrastructure development, income inequality, and urban sustainability in the People's Republic of China
Mendoza, Octasiano M. Valerio - 2017
This paper examines the relationship between infrastructure development and income inequality in urban People …. Infrastructure investment plays a key role in achieving both goals, yet the effects of different infrastructures on income … disparities at the city level remain undetermined. Using 10 city-level infrastructure indicators relating to sustainable urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635237
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Green Infrastructure and Air Pollution: Evidence from Highways Connecting Two Megacities in China
Yu, Bo; Tran, Trang; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2021
Following market liberalisation, the vehicle population in China has increased dramatically over the past few decades. This paper examines the causal impact of the opening of a heavily used high speed rail line connecting two megacities in China in 2015, Chengdu and Chongqing, on air pollution....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882476
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Policies for inclusive urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231018
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Public and Private Provision of Clean Air : Evidence from Housing Prices and Air Quality in China
Zhang, Lin - 2019
We explore the dynamic interaction between housing prices and air quality in a growing economy with changing preferences using panel vector auto-regression. Using Chinese data, we document robust evidence that better air quality is rewarded by the market with higher housing prices and that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012898772
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Policies for Inclusive Urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276950