ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021
Have driving restrictions reduced air pollution: evidence from prefecture-level cities of China.
Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- The paradox of plastic bag legislation: How bans and taxes affect PM2.5 air pollution in 208 countries.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Are the Benefits of a High-Emission Vehicle Driving Area Restriction Policy Greater than the Costs?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Haze management: is urban public transportation priority effective?Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Do driving restriction policies effectively alleviate smog pollution in China?Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Environmental governance as a new runway of promotion tournaments: campaign-style governance and policy implementation in China's environmental laws.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
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Abstract
With rapid economic development, air pollution became a serious problem in China. Vehicle's exhaust emissions are among the main sources of air pollution. With samples of 173 prefecture-level cities in China from 2006 to 2016, this paper takes the implementation of driving restrictions as a quasi-natural experiment to examine the relationship between driving restrictions and air quality through the difference-in-differences method based on the propensity score matching. Results indicate that driving restrictions have not improved the air quality in terms of average treatment effect as there is no clear evidence that people turn from private cars to busses or subways. Furthermore, heterogeneous effects of driving restrictions exist across different regions and cities of China. The implementation of driving restrictions has significantly positive impacts on air pollution in the Eastern and Central cities of China, while it has significantly negative effects in non-capital cities. This study implies that the development of local public transportation needs to be taken into account when formulating the policy of driving restrictions.
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