Authority decentralization and air pollution reduction: Evidence from China
Whether authority decentralization can strengthen the effort of local governments to reduce environmental pollution is theoretically and practically important. Based on a reform of delegating power of organizing marathon games from central to local governments in China, this paper finds that air qua...
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| description | Whether authority decentralization can strengthen the effort of local governments to reduce environmental pollution is theoretically and practically important. Based on a reform of delegating power of organizing marathon games from central to local governments in China, this paper finds that air quality during the days of marathon games improves significantly after decentralization. Such results pass a series of robustness checks. Moreover, we find that the improvement of air quality during marathon games after authority decentralization have close relationship with official promotion incentives, local political cycles and the career concerns of prefectural secretaries and mayors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-770000df15a143119e12ac9a991076f72023-01-12T01:40:42ZengAIMS PressMathematical Biosciences and Engineering1551-00182022-11-011912142121423110.3934/mbe.2022661Authority decentralization and air pollution reduction: Evidence from ChinaRui Huang 0Hao Xiao 1Guoqin Pan21. School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University, Changsha 410006, China1. School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University, Changsha 410006, China2. School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, ChinaWhether authority decentralization can strengthen the effort of local governments to reduce environmental pollution is theoretically and practically important. Based on a reform of delegating power of organizing marathon games from central to local governments in China, this paper finds that air quality during the days of marathon games improves significantly after decentralization. Such results pass a series of robustness checks. Moreover, we find that the improvement of air quality during marathon games after authority decentralization have close relationship with official promotion incentives, local political cycles and the career concerns of prefectural secretaries and mayors.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2022661?viewType=HTMLauthority decentralizationair pollutionmarathon gamescareer concernschina |
| spellingShingle | Rui Huang Hao Xiao Guoqin Pan Authority decentralization and air pollution reduction: Evidence from China Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering authority decentralization air pollution marathon games career concerns china |
| title | Authority decentralization and air pollution reduction: Evidence from China |
| title_full | Authority decentralization and air pollution reduction: Evidence from China |
| title_fullStr | Authority decentralization and air pollution reduction: Evidence from China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Authority decentralization and air pollution reduction: Evidence from China |
| title_short | Authority decentralization and air pollution reduction: Evidence from China |
| title_sort | authority decentralization and air pollution reduction evidence from china |
| topic | authority decentralization air pollution marathon games career concerns china |
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