This paper combines a tracking record of prison inmates’ monthly consumption and labor productivity with daily air pollution data to examine the effects of air pollution on consumption decisions through the substitution and income channels. A 10-unit increase in the average daily air pollution...

This paper explores the impacts of temperature changes on the spatial distribution of industries, focusing on temperature effects on firm entry and exit. Using the information on all firms registered in China, we find a robust inverted U-shaped relationship between temperature and firm entry and...

The large leakage accidents of heavy metals from industrial facilities pose a serious environmental problem; however, not enough studies have been conducted to assess the long-term ecological risk associated with such accidents. This study assessed the alterations in the bacterial community of...