How a price‐support policy can hurt the environment: Empirical evidence from Northeast China
Jian Chen,
Xiaohui Tian,
Jialing Yu
Abstract:During the corn stockpiling system reform in Northeast China between 2008 and 2015, corn production expanded dramatically, and corn residue, which was mostly burned in‐situ, caused severe air pollution issues. Using a difference‐in‐differences approach, we assessed the effects of the corn stockpiling system reform in China and its associated environmental outcomes with a provincial‐level dataset. Our results suggest that the implementation of this policy significantly increased annual corn production in Northe… Show more
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