Leveraging political incentives for environmental regulation: Evidence from China Leveraging high-powered political incentives for pollution control could distort the decentralised enforcement of environmental regulation Energy & Environment Guojun He Shaoda Wang Bing Zhang Published 07.03.22
The productivity consequences of pollution-induced migration in China Productivity losses from pollution through the indirect migration channel are approximately as much as the direct health costs of pollution Migration & Urbanisation Gaurav Khanna Wenquan Liang Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak Ran Song Published 11.02.22
Exporting pollution Well-intentioned regulation may be causing multinationals to shunt polluting activities to poorer countries where regulation isn’t so strict Energy & Environment Itzhak Ben-David Yeejin Jang Stefanie Kleimeier Michael Viehs Published 05.05.21
Technology as a tool for governance: Evidence from China Technology can help governments monitor agent actions more efficiently and improve public welfare Energy & Environment Michael Greenstone Guojun He Ruixue Jia Tong Liu Published 11.11.20
Do improved cooking stoves inevitably go up in smoke? Evidence from India and Senegal New evidence on the adoption and impacts of various improved cooking stoves offers promising options for climate policy and poverty alleviation Energy & Environment Marc A. Jeuland Subhrendu K. Pattanayak Jörg Ankel-Peters Published 06.04.20
From fog to smog: The value of pollution information China’s air quality monitoring and disclosure programme triggered a cascade of changes in household behaviour with significant health benefits Energy & Environment Panle Jia Barwick Shanjun Li Liguo Lin Eric Zou Published 24.02.20
‘Second-best’ Bus Rapid Transit and traffic congestion in developing countries: Lessons from TransJakarta Evidence from Indonesia’s TransJakarta Bus Rapid Transit suggests that low-cost BRT systems can actually worsen traffic congestion Infrastructure Arya Gaduh Tadeja Gračner Alexander Rothenberg Published 29.11.19
The effect of pollution on worker productivity: Evidence from call-centre workers in China High levels of pollution reduce the productivity even of indoor workers; cutting pollution can improve the health of both the economy and of society Energy & Environment Tom Chang Tal Gross Joshua Graff Zivin Matthew Neidell Published 05.10.17
How much people will pay for clean air: Evidence from China China’s market for air purifiers reveals people will pay as much as $15 to remove one microgram per cubic metre of pollution from the air they breathe Energy & Environment Koichiro Ito Published 18.07.16
