Xie, Tingting

Health Benefits from Improved Air Quality: Evidence from Pollution Regulations in China's “25 + 25” Cities - Environmental and Resource Economics 2024 - 1175-1221

This study assesses the health benefits of better air quality by examining the causal impact of China's stringent “25 + 25” regional air pollution control policy on local air quality and population health. Employing a spatial regression discontinuity design that capitalizes on the policy's location-specific features, we present compelling evidence that the

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Air Pollution
Health Benefits
Social Welfare
Environmental Governance