Can high-speed rail reduce environmental pollution? Evidence from China

Yang, Xuehui; Lin, Shanlang; Li, Yan; Ming-hua, HE

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118135

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“…The DID research design in Equation (1) compares the pre-and post-policy change periods (i.e., the natural experiment) on treatment (those affected by the Coordination) and control (those not affected by the Coordination) firms. Several environmental studies use the same research design (Hsueh [31] and Yang et al [32]). For instance, using a DID research design, Yang et al [32] compare air pollution in cities before and after high-speed rail (HSR) and conclude that HSR reduces air pollution.…”

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“…Several environmental studies use the same research design (Hsueh [31] and Yang et al [32]). For instance, using a DID research design, Yang et al [32] compare air pollution in cities before and after high-speed rail (HSR) and conclude that HSR reduces air pollution. In the authors' setting, the construction of HSR represents a policy change, while the treatment and control cities are those with pre-and post-HSR periods.…”

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Is a Regional Coordination Approach to Air Pollution Management Helpful? Evidence from China

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In February 2017 China began to require the regional coordination of four ministries and 28 cities surrounding Beijing to manage air pollution. The Coordination attempts to unify air pollution standards and implements various new methods to monitor air pollution. Leveraging the natural experiment and using a difference-in-differences research design, we note that firms located in the treatment cities invest more in the environment than those in the control cities. In addition, we find that non-state-owned firms (non-SOEs) respond more strongly than SOEs. The findings remain qualitatively the same after accounting for selection bias in the cities included in the Coordination. Most importantly, air quality improves for treatment cities after the implementation of the Coordination. Our findings offer lessons to other emerging markets for implementing their air pollution management programs. Specifically, we sharpen our knowledge of the administrative management needed to improve coordination among government agencies and local officials in the management of air pollution and suggest that the government can play an active role in enhancing air pollution management.

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“…Technological development situation (Lnsciemplo). Technological development is an important indicator for reflecting environmental pollution, with a better technological development corresponding to greater resource utilization efficiency and lower pollution discharge [13]. This paper used the proportion of employees in the scientific and technological industries among the total population to represent the technological development level.…”

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“…Due to the large differences in population size and administrative area among cities, the population numbers in each city have no comparable value. This paper used the population density (i.e., the number of people per unit area in an administrative region) to represent the impact of population on environmental pollution [13]. Table 2 shows the descriptive analysis of the treatment group (HSR = 1) and control group (HSR = 0) in our final sample.…”

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“…Number of cities with HSR HSR passengers (millions) Extending this line of research, this paper examines whether and how high-speed rail influences haze pollution based on institutional pressure. The most relevant literature with this paper is the study of Yang, et al [13], who indicated that high-speed rail can improve production efficiency and resource utilization, as well as change industrial structure, all of which can help to reduce SO 2 emissions. This study investigated the effect of inter-city transportation on haze pollution.…”

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Sustainability by High–Speed Rail: The Reduction Mechanisms of Transportation Infrastructure on Haze Pollution

Chen

Wang

2020

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Haze pollution impacts human health, as well as the competitive capabilities of firms and local economic development. Considerable attention has been given to the study of mechanisms for reducing haze pollution, but few studies have investigated the effect of city-to-city transportation infrastructures on environmental issues based on an institutional perspective. To address this research gap, this study advances our understanding by assessing the effect of city–to–city transportation on haze pollution caused by the operation of high-speed rail, which triggers the rapid flow of individuals and information, improves information transparency, as well as imposes institutional pressure on local governments and firms to reduce haze pollution. To further verify the underlying mechanisms, we tested the development of hard infrastructure (information communication technology) and soft infrastructure (market development level), which represent two conditions for which the mechanism is likely to be critical. We tested our hypotheses using a sample of 288 prefecture-level cities in China during the period from 2005 to 2016. The empirical results indicate that the operation of high-speed rail can reduce haze pollution by 17% on average.

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Mechanisms of high-speed railways’ reducing industrial pollution: regulations and officials’ political promotion incentives

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Wang

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Clean Techn Environ Policy

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Can high-speed rail reduce environmental pollution? Evidence from China

Cited by 155 publications

References 37 publications

Is a Regional Coordination Approach to Air Pollution Management Helpful? Evidence from China

Is a Regional Coordination Approach to Air Pollution Management Helpful? Evidence from China

Sustainability by High–Speed Rail: The Reduction Mechanisms of Transportation Infrastructure on Haze Pollution

Mechanisms of high-speed railways’ reducing industrial pollution: regulations and officials’ political promotion incentives

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