The persistence of air pollution in four mega-cities of China

Luis Gil-Alana, Carlos Barros and Zhongfei Chen

No 04/2016, NCID Working Papers from Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra

Abstract: This paper analyses long range fractional dependence of China pollution in four major cities, namely Beijing, Shangai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen from September 28 of 2013 to December 12 of 2015. Unit roots hypotheses are tested by using fractional integration methods using both uncorrelated and autocorrelated errors. The results reveal that the pollution is persistent, meaning that it will continue until strong anti-pollution measures are adopted. Policy implication is derived.

Keywords: Chinese cities; pollution; unit roots; AR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 O11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2016-02
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