Green to health: the impact of environmental regulation on health status

J Xu, Y Wang, W Liu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
To explore whether and how environmental regulation affects adult health, we manually
collected unique SO 2 reduction targets data of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (11th FYP) in …

Fiscal centralization and urban industrial pollution emissions reduction: Evidence from the vertical reform of environmental administrations in China

Y Cheng, Z Xu - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The relationship between fiscal regimes and urban industrial pollution emissions is unclear.
This paper aims to explore the effects and mechanisms of fiscal centralization on urban …

Can the government environmental vertical reform reduce air pollution? A quasi-natural experiment in China

C You, J Cifuentes-Faura, X Liu, J Wu - Economic Analysis and Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Addressing environmental challenges is crucial for mitigating and adapting to the
consequences of climate change. The existing literature investigates whether government …

Doing more with less: How to design a good subgroup governance model for the air pollution transport network in “2+ 26” cities of China?

W Zeng, X Chen, H Dong, Y Liu - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Air pollution shares the attributes of significant spatial spillover effects and environmental
public goods, leading to the territorial governance model that easily falls into a state of …

Unveiling the power of unity: A novel examination of regional cooperation in mitigating air pollution

X Zhang, C You, S Chen - Journal of Environmental Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Amidst escalating environmental concerns, regional cooperation has emerged as a potent
strategy for environmental preservation. Yet, the potency of such cooperation in curbing air …

Ozone stress and crop harvesting failure: Evidence from US food production

Z Liu, Q Lu - Food Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Farmers react to ozone injury by abandoning crops when the expected revenues cannot
compensate for the harvesting costs. This study provides the first empirical evidence of …

Emission leakage and the effectiveness of regional environmental regulation in China

B Zhang, D Zhao - Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper examines the emission leakage by the regional environmental regulation applied
in Beijing and its surrounding area. Using the unique firm-level daily emission data, we …

Is air pollution joint prevention and control effective in China—evidence from “Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan”

W Wu - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
This paper examined the effect of air pollution joint prevention and control on pollution
emissions in China. Specifically, based on the panel data of 290 cities from 2007 to 2021 …

Do model cities play a leading role? Evaluating the carbon abatement effects of energy saving and emission reduction demonstration cities in China

Y Cheng, Z Xu - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2024 - Elsevier
Numerous demonstration policies have been implemented in China to reduce carbon
emissions. However, the leading role of such policies is rarely evaluated. Using the energy …

Bigger cities and less carbon? Government-driven urbanization and carbon emissions in China

X Liu, C You, J Cifuentes-Faura, X Peng - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
The urbanization mode plays a crucial role in urban energy transformation and greenhouse
gas emissions. However, the existing research on how government-driven urbanization …