Cleaning Up Its Act

IF 1.3 4区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Asian Survey Pub Date : 2023-09-27 DOI:10.1525/as.2023.2006910

Jingwen Wu, James R. Masterson

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Abstract

The urgent and global concern of environmental problems transcends local and regional boundaries, posing significant challenges for policymakers in developing countries. Amid conflicting economic and environmental goals, evaluating the efficacy of regulatory policies becomes increasingly critical. This study investigates the effectiveness of public policy in incentivizing developing nations to prioritize environmental regulation, with a specific focus on China’s most recent environmental policy, the Ecological Environmental Protection Plan. Using multilevel modeling and difference-in-differences estimation with data from six of China’s most populous cities between 2014 and 2019, we see evidence of air quality improvements following the implementation of the policy. Furthermore, we observe greater enhancements in air quality in the cities most affected by the institutional details of the policy. This shows that well-crafted public policy can improve air quality, providing crucial insights for policymakers and scholars alike.

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清理其行为

全球对环境问题的迫切关注超越了地方和区域界限，给发展中国家的决策者带来了重大挑战。在经济和环境目标相互冲突的情况下，评估监管政策的有效性变得越来越重要。本研究考察了公共政策在激励发展中国家优先考虑环境监管方面的有效性，并特别关注了中国最新的环境政策——生态环境保护计划。通过对2014年至2019年中国六个人口最多的城市的数据进行多层次建模和差中差估计，我们看到了政策实施后空气质量改善的证据。此外，我们观察到，在受政策制度细节影响最大的城市，空气质量得到了更大的改善。这表明，精心设计的公共政策可以改善空气质量，为政策制定者和学者提供了至关重要的见解。

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来源期刊

Asian Survey AREA STUDIES-

CiteScore

1.80

自引率

22.20%

发文量

期刊介绍： The only academic journal of its kind produced in the United States, Asian Survey provides a comprehensive retrospective of contemporary international relations within South, Southeast, and East Asian nations. As the Asian community’s matrix of activities becomes increasingly complex, it is essential to have a sourcebook for sound analysis of current events, governmental policies, socio-economic development, and financial institutions. In Asian Survey you’ll find that sourcebook. Asian Survey consistently publishes articles by leading American and foreign scholars, whose views supplement and contest meanings disseminated by the media.