Interprovincial trade, economic development and the impact on air quality in China

作     者：Zeng, Bohan Wu, Tian Guo, Xiaoxian 

作者机构：Renmin Univ China Sch Econ Beijing Peoples R China Chinese Acad Sci Acad Math & Syst Sci NCMIS Beijing Peoples R China Univ Chinese Acad Sci Sch Econ & Management Beijing Peoples R China Chinese Acad Sci Key Lab Big Data Min & Knowledge Management Beijing Peoples R China China Petr Technol & Dev Corp Beijing Peoples R China 

出 版 物：《RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING》 (资源、保护与重复利用)

年 卷 期：2019年第142卷

页      面：204-214页

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学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 

基　　金：National Natural Science Foundation of China National Center for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences, CAS 

主　　题：Air pollution Interprovincial trade Environmental Kuznets Curve Pollution haven hypothesis Resource reallocation 

摘      要：Air pollution is becoming a serious problem for China and it has attracted great attention in recent years. This paper examines the relationship between interprovincial trade patterns, economic development and impacts on air quality. Using detailed data from 2004 to 2016 on interprovincial railway freight in China, the inverted u-shaped environmental Kuznets curve and the pollution haven hypothesis are assessed. The impact of interprovincial trade on the emissions of sulfur dioxide are estimated on the basis of controlling the industrial structure, regional foreign direct investment and motor vehicles retained. Evidence of pollution transfers is found, and such effects appear to be stronger between adjacent regions rather than nonadjacent regions, regardless of the roles of other explanatory variables. Our conclusions and policy implications will assist government decision-making regarding resource reallocation and sustainable development of green cities.