China in 2015, Chengdu and Chongqing, on air pollution. We use high-frequency and high spatial resolution data to track … pollution along major highways linking the two cities. Our approach involves the use of an augmented regression discontinuity in … estimates show that air pollution is reduced by 7.6% along the main affected highway. We simultaneously find increased levels of …

Urban road infrastructure is crucial in determining air pollution. Yet, little is known about the roles played by road …

regulated due to its historically large contribution to air and water pollution. Our paper contributes to the broader empirical … and enforcement. Our key findings are: (1) prudential regulation limits expansion of plants with high initial pollution …

distancing, travel and pollution is in its infancy. We pair a differences-in-differences framework and synthetic control methods … with rich cellular tracking and high frequency air pollution data. We find that state and U.S. county safer … range from $7 billion to $24 billion while the benefits from reduced pollution could range from $650 million to $13 …

pollution as a result of contaminants released into water bodies by households, industry, sewage treatment plants, and … agriculture, which further reduces the clean water supply. In particular, nitrate pollution due to intensive fertilization in …

This paper uses the 1918 influenza pandemic as a natural experiment to examine whether air pollution affects …-city differences in baseline pollution measures based on coal-fired electricity generating capacity for a sample 183 American cities …. The findings suggest that air pollution exacerbated the impact of the pandemic. Proximity to World War I military bases …

recurrently found to face increased pollution (in particular CO2 emissions) due to direct scale-composition effects of trade in … EGs, the EGs’ net exporters are more likely to see their local pollution to decrease, in particular thanks to income …