Environmental monitoring is the foundation of environmental management and enforcement, and provides environmental management services through high-tech means. In view of the increasingly serious air pollution problem...Environmental monitoring is the foundation of environmental management and enforcement, and provides environmental management services through high-tech means. In view of the increasingly serious air pollution problem, it is of great significance to explore the effective control and treatment of air pollution. Therefore, we should start from the actual situation of air pollution, actively apply atmospheric remote sensing technology, strengthen environmental monitoring and law enforcement, effectively assess the quality of the atmospheric environment, strengthen air pollution control, and lay a good foundation for the application of environmental monitoring technology in the management of atmospheric environment and sustainable development of ecological environment.展开更多
This paper sheds light on the effectiveness of a concrete target-based performance evaluation system(TPES)for localities in enhancing local environmental enforcement in China.We conduct a difference-in-differences(DID...This paper sheds light on the effectiveness of a concrete target-based performance evaluation system(TPES)for localities in enhancing local environmental enforcement in China.We conduct a difference-in-differences(DID)specification and exploit unique firm-level data to investigate the effects of the TPES on SO2 emission reduction through the Two control Zones(TCZ)policy.The results suggest that the TPES significantly reduces SO2 emissions of firms located at the TCZ cities,both in extensive and intensive margins.We also find that the treatment effects vary largely across enterprise sizes,ownership types,and local economic development.Our findings further verify how the long-standing distortions in the decentralized implementation of nationwide environmental regulations in China are remedied with a proper performance evaluation system.展开更多
文摘Environmental monitoring is the foundation of environmental management and enforcement, and provides environmental management services through high-tech means. In view of the increasingly serious air pollution problem, it is of great significance to explore the effective control and treatment of air pollution. Therefore, we should start from the actual situation of air pollution, actively apply atmospheric remote sensing technology, strengthen environmental monitoring and law enforcement, effectively assess the quality of the atmospheric environment, strengthen air pollution control, and lay a good foundation for the application of environmental monitoring technology in the management of atmospheric environment and sustainable development of ecological environment.
基金supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China[grant number No.20&ZD136]Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[grant number No.2021110834].
文摘This paper sheds light on the effectiveness of a concrete target-based performance evaluation system(TPES)for localities in enhancing local environmental enforcement in China.We conduct a difference-in-differences(DID)specification and exploit unique firm-level data to investigate the effects of the TPES on SO2 emission reduction through the Two control Zones(TCZ)policy.The results suggest that the TPES significantly reduces SO2 emissions of firms located at the TCZ cities,both in extensive and intensive margins.We also find that the treatment effects vary largely across enterprise sizes,ownership types,and local economic development.Our findings further verify how the long-standing distortions in the decentralized implementation of nationwide environmental regulations in China are remedied with a proper performance evaluation system.
