据AEA官网显示，来自香港科技大学的杨琳、林婭棠、王瑾以及彭方园，合作撰稿的论文“Achieving Air Pollution Control Targets with Technology-Aided Monitoring: Better Enforcement or Localized Efforts?”于2024年11月在国际经济学顶级期刊《American Economic Journal: Economic Policy》上发表。
Title: Achieving Air Pollution Control Targets with Technology-Aided Monitoring: Better Enforcement or Localized Efforts?
使用技术辅助监测实现空气污染控制目标：更好的执法还是局部化努力？
杨琳
香港科技大学（广州）
林婭棠
香港科技大学
王瑾
香港科技大学
彭方园
Weak enforcement of environmental regulations remains a global issue due to inadequate monitoring and misaligned incentives. This paper examines the effects of automated monitoring on achieving air pollution control targets amidst China's war on pollution. Utilizing the staggered rollout process and remote-sensing data, we find local governments respond to the advanced monitoring system by strategically targeting areas near monitors, resulting in a 3.2 percent decrease in pollution adjacent to automated monitors compared to areas farther away. Furthermore, we observe heterogeneity in response across cities with varying degrees of preexisting data manipulation and among officials facing different incentives and public pressure.
环境法规执行不力仍然是一个全球性问题，原因在于监测不足和激励机制不匹配。本文考察了自动化监测在实现空气污染控制目标中的作用，特别是在中国抗击污染的背景下。利用分阶段推广过程和遥感数据，我们发现地方政府通过策略性地针对监测器附近的区域来响应先进的监测系统，导致与自动化监测器相邻区域的污染比远离监测器的区域减少了3.2%。此外，我们观察到在不同程度存在数据操纵历史的城市的响应存在异质性，以及面临不同激励和公众压力的官员之间的响应也存在差异。
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