The effects of the entries by bike-sharing platforms on urban air quality
We study the effects of bike-sharing usage on urban air quality in China. Our Difference-in-Differences strategy exploits the staggered entries by two leading bike-sharing companies, ofo and Mobike, and utilizes city-day panel data. We find that the entries of the two bike-sharing platforms can redu...
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| description | We study the effects of bike-sharing usage on urban air quality in China. Our Difference-in-Differences strategy exploits the staggered entries by two leading bike-sharing companies, ofo and Mobike, and utilizes city-day panel data. We find that the entries of the two bike-sharing platforms can reduce PM2.5 by 3.832 μg/m3. Further analyses imply that the effects are more conspicuous on pollutants from the exhaust emission of vehicles, increase with the usage intensity of bike-sharing service, and are more pronounced in cities with well-developed rail transit or those located in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Air Pollution Transmission Channel. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6869cb9848aa472cb7e041bc4cfd7e752023-11-09T04:12:01ZengKeAi Communications Co. Ltd.China Economic Quarterly International2666-93312023-09-0133213224The effects of the entries by bike-sharing platforms on urban air qualityGuangyu Cao0Li-An Zhou1Chang Liu2Jingxin Zhou3School of Economics, Peking University, China; Corresponding author.Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, ChinaNational Academy of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China, ChinaShanghai YanFu Investments Management Co., Ltd, ChinaWe study the effects of bike-sharing usage on urban air quality in China. Our Difference-in-Differences strategy exploits the staggered entries by two leading bike-sharing companies, ofo and Mobike, and utilizes city-day panel data. We find that the entries of the two bike-sharing platforms can reduce PM2.5 by 3.832 μg/m3. Further analyses imply that the effects are more conspicuous on pollutants from the exhaust emission of vehicles, increase with the usage intensity of bike-sharing service, and are more pronounced in cities with well-developed rail transit or those located in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Air Pollution Transmission Channel.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666933123000333Digital economyBike-sharingAir quality |
| spellingShingle | Guangyu Cao Li-An Zhou Chang Liu Jingxin Zhou The effects of the entries by bike-sharing platforms on urban air quality China Economic Quarterly International Digital economy Bike-sharing Air quality |
| title | The effects of the entries by bike-sharing platforms on urban air quality |
| title_full | The effects of the entries by bike-sharing platforms on urban air quality |
| title_fullStr | The effects of the entries by bike-sharing platforms on urban air quality |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of the entries by bike-sharing platforms on urban air quality |
| title_short | The effects of the entries by bike-sharing platforms on urban air quality |
| title_sort | effects of the entries by bike sharing platforms on urban air quality |
| topic | Digital economy Bike-sharing Air quality |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666933123000333 |
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