一、报告题目

When the Wind Blows: Spatial Spillover Effects of Urban Air Pollution

二、报告人

叶晶晶，西南财经大学副教授，研究方向为Applied Econometrics, Labor Economics, Environmental Economics。

三、报告时间

2016年10月20日下午3：30

四、报告地点

中心校区知新楼B423聚贤报告厅

五、报告摘要

Using a rich city-level panel on daily air pollution, combined with a fine-scale weather data set from 2009 to 2013, we study the spatial spillover effects of urban air pollution in China. Our spatial analysis results indicate that (i): there exist strong spatial spillover effects of air pollution in Chinese cities: a city’s average PM10 concentration is expected to increase by 0.11-0.16 units if the average PM10 concentrations in cities upwind of this city increase by one unit; (ii) illicit burning of crop residues during post-harvest seasons may have negatively affected urban air quality; (iii) high levels of precipitation and strong winds can effectively mitigate air pollution, while the temperature effects on air quality vary by time of day; and (iv) the percentage contributions of PM10 pollution from upwind cities to local PM10 levels vary by region and can be as large as 20%. Our findings suggest that pollution control policies must be coordinated between cities and provinces to effectively abate urban air pollution.

六、主办单位

山东大学经济学院