We leverage the timing of coalmine accidents to examine the effect of coal mining on air pollution. Safety regulations … pollution data at the county-day level with the dates of accidents to show that on average, suspending coal mining reduces local … air pollution by 8%. Changes in the level of coal consumption do not drive this reduction. We also find significant …

Recently, various environmental problems have been generated with the rapid economic development in China. That …'s because China currently over-emphasized economic development beyond environmental issues; therefore, now it is important to … study, we selected Jiaxing city as research area for that the environmental pollution problem has become prominent with …

Has the expansion in exports affected pollution and health outcomes across different prefectures in China in the two …) PollutionExportShock represents the pollution content of export expansion and is measured in pounds of pollutants per worker; (ii … the rest of the world. We find that the pollution content of export affected pollution and mortality. A one standard …