Effects of the terms and characteristics of cadres on environmental pollution: Evidence from 230 cities in China

Yu, Yongze; Yang, Xiaozhang; Li, Ke

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.002

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“…Second, much of the existing research ignores the characteristics of local officials. In fact, local officials with different characteristics may have significant differences in attitudes and practices toward environmental protection (Yu, Yang, & Li, 2019). We examine whether officials have heterogeneous environmental governance behaviors in terms of turnover frequency, ex-officials, and the age, place of birth, and region of the officials.…”

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“…Due to vertical administrative centralization and GDP growth-oriented promotion assessment in China, local government officials have huge and flexible discretion in implementing macroeconomic policies and intervening in micro-economic activities (Feng, Fu, & Kutan, 2019;Wang & Hui, 2017;Yu, Yang, & Li, 2019). As officials have different capabilities and preferences, OT brings huge uncertainties in policy implementation, personnel mobility, and assignment of responsibilities (Yee, Tang,…”

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“…Some officials are even pursuing economic growth at the cost of excessive resource usage and malignant pollution, thus, providing "grabbing hands" rather than "helping hands" in the provision of public services (Denise, Peter, & Daniel, 2017;Wu et al, 2013). Thus, OT increases the short-sighted behavior of officials, which is destructive to the environment (Yu, Yang, et al, 2019). Given the above discussion, we propose the following hypotheses:…”

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The effects of three types of China's official turnover on air quality: A regression discontinuity study

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Air pollution control has been incorporated into the performance appraisal system of local officials in China. It is necessary to explore the underlying reasons behind China's air pollution. In this study, we measure the effects of different types of official turnover (OT) on air quality using a sharp regression discontinuity model, and collect the appointment information of mayors and municipal party secretaries from 333 cities in China between December 2013 and January 2018. Results show: (a) OT leads to a significant increase in air pollution discharges and this result remains valid after a series of robustness checks; (b) the level of air pollution increases when newly appointed officials are from the local district; (c) officials promoted from other districts tend to break the existing political connections and do not aggravate local air pollution; (d) when officials come from the central government, they often do not take any actions to control air pollution; (e) from the perspective of heterogeneity, we find that frequency of turnover, ex‐officials, and the age, place of birth, and region of the officials have a heterogeneous impact on the officials' behavior. These findings shed new light on the determinants of air quality and suggest that OT is important in controlling air pollution.

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“…As mentioned in Section 4.1.1, any deviation from an accepted criterion (e.g., a track failure), the failure propagated in both directions vertically and horizontally (Figures 3 and 6). Further, if these disruptions are not controlled, then by now we should be very familiar with the consequences in terms of property/human/economic losses [3,4,50,56,57]. In the SSMS model, System 2 deals with the co-ordination function explicitly (see the triangle shaped symbol within the big square box in Figures 4,6,7 and 9).…”

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“…Moreover, traffic congestion is regarded as one of the variables that severely affects, among other, economic development in megacities [1]; for example, it is believed that traffic jams costs the city of Cairo, Egypt, an estimated USD eight billion every year, equivalent of 4 percent of the country's economic output [2]. Also, it adversely contributes to air and environmental pollution, urban mobility, and, ultimately, the quality of life of those living in urban environments [1, [3][4][5][6][7].…”

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Transport Infrastructure Interdependency: Metro’s Failure Propagation in the Road Transport System in Mexico City

2019

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On Friday, 3 March 2017, at about 18:19 h, a metro track failed, prompting about 50% of Mexico City's metro line-C to a halt. The track failure occurred at a peak hour when tens of thousands of commuters were heading to their homes. Given the interdependency among the modes of transportation in the capital city, the incident caused heavy disruption; it is believed that about 45,000 commuters were affected. A systemic safety management system ('SSMS') model has been used for the analysis. The results showed that: a) the model demonstrated its potential to the analysis of the transport system interdependency; it has been found that failure propagates vertically and horizontally; b) the model highlighted that failure propagation has to do with a coordination function; c) in relation to the case study, it has been found that the actions taken by the decision-makers during the emergency were less than adequate; d) the commuters traveling patterns should be considered when designing emergency plans; and, e) more generally, there is a need for the creation of a system to manage critical infrastructure protection in the context of Mexico. It is hoped that by conducting such analyses, we may gain a better understanding of the complexity of cities.

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Does the legacy of state planning put pressure on ecological efficiency? Evidence from China

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Building a green and healthy economic system and achieving high‐quality economic growth have long been the development goals pursued by the Chinese government. Under the local government competition system, coordinating the relationship between economic growth and ecological sustainability is a decisive factor for China's high‐quality development. As a former state planned economy, China inherited a legacy of setting economic growth targets at various levels of government. This paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth targets and ecological efficiency by using panel data models and spatial econometric techniques. Moreover, the mediating effect model and dynamic threshold effect model are used to study their influence mechanism and the possible nonlinear relationship. The results indicate that there is an inverted U‐shaped relationship between economic growth targets and ecological efficiency. Optimizing industrial structure and R&D investment can improve regional ecological efficiency. The economic growth targets in neighboring regions have a “U”‐shaped relationship with local ecological efficiency. The mechanism test results suggest that economic growth targets affect ecological efficiency by influencing financial development, foreign direct investment, infrastructure investment, environmental regulation, and technological innovation. The impact of economic growth targets on ecological efficiency shows a significant threshold effect when economic growth targets, industrial structure, R&D levels, financial development, foreign direct investment, infrastructure investment, and environmental regulation are at different threshold values. Therefore, to promote regional healthy competition and ecological efficiency, the government should formulate scientific and reasonable economic growth goals and improve the official evaluation system.

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Effects of the terms and characteristics of cadres on environmental pollution: Evidence from 230 cities in China

Cited by 108 publications

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The effects of three types of China's official turnover on air quality: A regression discontinuity study

The effects of three types of China's official turnover on air quality: A regression discontinuity study

Transport Infrastructure Interdependency: Metro’s Failure Propagation in the Road Transport System in Mexico City

Does the legacy of state planning put pressure on ecological efficiency? Evidence from China

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