Axbard and Deng (2024) exploit the rollout of new pollution monitors in China in 2015 in 177 medium-size cities to …

Axbard and Deng (2024) exploit the rollout of new pollution monitors in China in 2015 in 177 medium-size cities to …

(95% CI: 0.21, 1.07). This estimate is derived from quasi-experimental variation in PM10 generated by China's Huai River … that bringing all of China into compliance with its Class I standards for PM10 would save 3.7 billion life years …

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 …

Several studies have examined the relationship between environmental degradation and economic growth. However, most of …

pollution cycles in China by Shen (2018), this paper suggests that democracies and autocracies may be less different in public … public health in election years. The “electoral pollution cycle” is particularly prominent when the level of electoral … competition is high. The phenomenon is explained by regulatory forbearance rather than economic growth. It unveils how voters …

Ground-level ozone is a continuing problem worldwide, but research on the influences of ozone pollution on labour … productivity in developing countries is insufficient. We investigate the effect of ozone pollution on outdoor worker productivity … in the service sector using a unique panel dataset of courier productivities from a top five express company in China …