POLICY CHOICES FOR AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT IN BEIJING: STATUS QUO OR CHANGE

Shaojie Zhou, Xiaohua Yu and Dieter Koemle ()
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Dieter Koemle: Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Goettingen, Wilhelm-Weber-Str. 2, Goettingen 37073, Germany

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2020, vol. 65, issue 03, 715-736

Abstract: In order to control air pollution in Beijing, China has introduced a number of policy measures. However, the policy costs have never been well evaluated from the perspective of the residents. We conducted a survey of 633 Beijing residents with a choice experimental setting, and evaluate the current air pollution control policies. The main findings include: (1) Restriction of private vehicle driving does increase utility of residents; (2) Replacing coal-dominated heating system with natural gas has a better effect on air pollution control than replacement with electricity; (3) Beijing residents demand more radical policies to control air pollution and, according to our estimation, are willing to pay 5.1% of their income for more such policy measures; (4) The capital city function of Beijing yields many economic and political advantages for the residents, and the economic benefit is equal to 8.3% of their income.

Keywords: Beijing city; air pollution; choice experiment; status quo; policy choices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1142/S0217590817410028

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