The Effect of Manufacturing Agglomeration on Haze Pollution in China

Jun Liu, Yuhui Zhao, Zhonghua Cheng and Huiming Zhang
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Jun Liu: China Institute of Manufacturing Development & School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Yuhui Zhao: School of Business, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Zhonghua Cheng: China Institute of Manufacturing Development & School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Huiming Zhang: China Institute of Manufacturing Development & School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 11, 1-15

Abstract: Based on panel data on 285 Chinese cities from 2003 to 2012, we use a dynamic spatial panel model to empirically analyze the effect of manufacturing agglomeration on haze pollution. The results show that when economic development levels, population, technological levels, industrial structure, transportation, foreign direct investment, and greening levels are stable, manufacturing agglomeration significantly aggravates haze pollution. However, region-specific analysis reveals that the effects of manufacturing agglomeration on inter-regional haze pollution depends on the region: the effect of manufacturing agglomeration on haze pollution is the largest in the Western region, followed by the Central region, and is the least in the Eastern region. Based on the above conclusions, we put forward several specific suggestions, such as giving full play to the technology and knowledge spillover effects of manufacturing agglomeration, guiding manufacturing agglomerations in a scientific and rational way, accelerating the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing industries in agglomeration regions.

Keywords: manufacturing agglomeration; haze pollution; dynamic spatial panel model; regional differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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