The Determinants of Pollution Levels: Firm-Level Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing
By Liangliang Jiang, Chen Lin, Ping Lin. 2014
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Using a large, unique, firm-level dataset from the Chinese manufacturing sector, we study important factors that are related to emission intensity for three pollutants in China – sulfur dioxide, wastewater, and soot. Our main findings are as follows: (1) compared to state-owned enterprises (SOEs), both foreign-owned firms and domestic public-listed firms exhibit less intensive pollutant emissions; (2) firms in regions with less local protection have lower pollution intensity; (3) better property rights protection is negatively correlated with pollutant discharge over and beyond the national standards; and (4) larger firms, firms in industries that export more, and firms with more educated employees pollute less. These results suggest that China should not target foreign firms more harshly in its effort to reduce industrial pollution. Better institutions in the form of more effective law enforcement and lower entry barriers across regional markets are also means of curbing China’s pressing environmental problems during its current stage of economic development.
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
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- Political Connections and Industrial Pollution: Evidence Based on State Ownership and Environmental Levies in China (2016, background): “China is one of the biggest polluters and also one of the most polluted countries in the world (Diao et al. 2009; Xu et al. 2012; Jiang et al. 2014; Tanaka 2015).”
- The effect of mandatory CSR disclosure on firm profitability and social externalities: Evidence from China (2017, unknown): “We use industrial wastewater discharge to measure water pollution and SO 2 emission to measure air pollution ( Grossman and Krueger, 1995; Jiang et al., 2014 ).”