Agarwal, S. ; Han, Y. ; Qin, Y. ; Zhu, H. Disguised pollution: industrial activities in the dark. 2023 J. Public Econ.. 223 -
Baker, A.C. ; Larcker, D.F. ; Wang, C.C.Y. How much should we trust staggered difference-in-differences estimates?. 2022 J. Financ. Econ.. 144 370-395
Bardhan, P. Decentralization of governance and development. 2002 J. Econ. Perspect.. 16 185-205
Besley, T. ; Burgess, R. Can labor regulation hinder economic performance?. 2004 Evidence from India. Q. J. Econ.. 119 91-134
Biasi, B. ; Sarsons, H. Flexible Wages, Bargaining, and the Gender Gap. 2022 Q. J. Econ.. 137 215-266
- Biermann, F. ; Pattberg, P. Global environmental governance: taking stock, moving forward. 2008 Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.. 33 277-294
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Brandt, L. ; Van Biesebroeck, J. ; Zhang, Y. Creative accounting or creative destruction? Firm-level productivity growth in Chinese manufacturing. 2012 J. Dev. Econ.. 97 339-351
Burgess, R. ; Hansen, M. ; Olken, B.A. ; Potapov, P. ; Sieber, S. The political economy of deforestation in the tropics. 2012 Q. J. Econ.. 127 1707-1754
Cai, H. ; Liu, Q. Competition and corporate tax avoidance: evidence from Chinese industrial firms. 2009 Econ. J.. 119 764-795
Callaway, B. ; Sant'Anna, P.H.C. Difference-in-Differences with multiple time periods. 2021 J. Econom., Themed Issue: Treatment Effect. 1 225 200-230
Chao, F. ; You, C. ; Jin, W. Optimizing urban stock space through district boundary reorganization: hangzhou's administrative adjustment. 2023 Land (Basel). 12 959-
- Chen, J. ; Liu, J. ; Qi, J. ; Gao, M. ; Cheng, S. ; Li, K. ; Xu, C. City- and county-level spatio-temporal energy consumption and efficiency datasets for China from 1997 to 2017. 2022 Sci. Data. 9 101-
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Chen, S. ; Chen, Y. ; Lei, Z. ; Tan-Soo, J.-S. Chasing clean air: pollution-induced travels in China. 2021 J. Assoc. Environ. Resour. Econ.. 8 59-89
Chen, Y.J. ; Li, P. ; Lu, Y. Career concerns and multitasking local bureaucrats: evidence of a target-based performance evaluation system in China. 2018 J. Dev. Econ.. 133 84-101
- Ciplet, D. ; Roberts, J.T. Climate change and the transition to neoliberal environmental governance. 2017 Glob. Environ. Change. 46 148-156
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
de Chaisemartin, C. ; D'Haultfœuille, X. Two-way fixed effects estimators with heterogeneous treatment effects. 2020 Am. Econ. Rev.. 110 2964-2996
Ding, Z. ; Gao, X. ; Qian, X. ; Wang, H. Governmental inspection and local legislation on environmental protection: evidence from China. 2022 J. Econ. Surv.. 36 728-763
- Du, X. ; Guo, H. ; Zhang, H. ; Peng, W. ; Urpelainen, J. Cross-state air pollution transport calls for more centralization in India's environmental federalism. 2020 Atmospheric Pollut. Res.. 11 1797-1804
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Duan, H. ; Yuan, D. ; Cai, Z. ; Wang, S. Valuing the impact of climate change on China's economic growth. 2022 Econ. Anal. Policy. 74 155-174
Duvivier, C. ; Xiong, H. Transboundary pollution in China: a study of polluting firms' location choices in Hebei province. 2013 Environ. Dev. Econ.. 18 459-483
Evans, M.F. The clean air act watch list: an enforcement and compliance natural experiment. 2016 J. Assoc. Environ. Resour. Econ.. 3 627-665
Evans, M.F. ; Stafford, S.L. The clean air act watch list and federal oversight of state enforcement efforts. 2019 J. Environ. Econ. Manag.. 93 170-184
- Feng, R. ; Wang, K. ; Wang, F. Quantifying influences of administrative division adjustment on PM2.5 pollution in China's mega-urban agglomerations. 2022 J. Environ. Manage.. 302 -
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Fu, S. ; Viard, V.B. ; Zhang, P. Air pollution and manufacturing firm productivity: nationwide estimates for China. 2021 Econ. J.. 131 3241-3273
Fu, S. ; Viard, V.B. ; Zhang, P. Trans-boundary air pollution spillovers: physical transport and economic costs by distance. 2022 J. Dev. Econ.. 155 -
Galizzi, G. ; Rota, S. ; Sicilia, M. Local government amalgamations: state of the art and new ways forward. 2023 Public Manag. Rev.. 0 1-23
Gardner, J., 2022. Two-stage differences in differences. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2207.05943.
- Gendźwiłł, A. ; Kurniewicz, A. ; Swianiewicz, P. The impact of municipal territorial reforms on the economic performance of local governments. a systematic review of quasi-experimental studies. 2021 Space Polity. 25 37-56
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Greenstone, M. ; Hanna, R. Environmental regulations, air and water pollution, and infant mortality in India. 2014 Am. Econ. Rev.. 104 3038-3072
Greenstone, M. ; He, G. ; Jia, R. ; Liu, T. Can technology solve the principal-agent problem? Evidence from China's war on air pollution. 2022 Am. Econ. Rev. Insights. 4 54-70
Greenstone, M. ; He, G. ; Li, S. ; Zou, E.Y. China's war on pollution: evidence from the first 5 years. 2021 Rev. Environ. Econ. Policy. 15 281-299
Grooms, K.K. Enforcing the Clean Water Act: the effect of state-level corruption on compliance. 2015 J. Environ. Econ. Manag.. 73 50-78
Han, C. ; Sun, X. ; Tian, X.-L. Environmental centralizing and firm productivity: evidence from China's vertical environmental reforms. 2021 Land Econ. 97 723-744
Han, C. ; Tian, X.-L. Less pollution under a more centralized environmental system: evidence from vertical environmental reforms in China. 2022 Energy Econ. 112 -
- Hayek, F.A. The use of knowledge in society. 1945 Am. Econ. Rev.. 35 519-530
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
He, G. ; Wang, S. ; Zhang, B. Watering down environmental regulation in China. 2020 Q. J. Econ.. 135 2135-2185
- He, L.-Y. ; Geng, M.-M. Can Chinese central government inspection on environmental protection improve air quality?. 2020 Atmosphere (Basel). 11 1025-
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Hong, F. ; Yin, Z. Collusion, extortion and the government's organizational structure. 2020 J. Econ. Behav. Organ.. 180 1-23
Hu, H. ; Chen, D. ; Chang, C.-P. ; Chu, Y. The political economy of environmental consequences: a review of the empirical literature. 2021 J. Econ. Surv.. 35 250-306
- Hu, J. Synergistic effect of pollution reduction and carbon emission mitigation in the digital economy. 2023 J. Environ. Manage.. 337 -
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Jia, R. ; Ku, H. Is China's pollution the culprit for the choking of South Korea? Evidence from the Asian Dust. 2019 Econ. J.. 129 3154-3188
- Jiang, M. ; Chen, W. ; Yu, X. ; Zhong, G. ; Dai, M. ; Shen, X. How can urban administrative boundary expansion affect air pollution? Mechanism analysis and empirical test. 2022 J. Environ. Manage.. 322 -
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Kahn, M.E. ; Li, P. ; Zhao, D. Water pollution progress at borders: the role of changes in China's political promotion incentives. 2015 Am. Econ. J. Econ. Policy. 7 223-242
Karplus, V.J. ; Zhang, J. ; Zhao, J. Navigating and evaluating the labyrinth of environmental regulation in China. 2021 Rev. Environ. Econ. Policy. 15 300-322
Keiser, D.A. ; Shapiro, J.S. Consequences of the clean water act and the demand for water quality. 2019 Q. J. Econ.. 134 349-396
- Kosec, K. ; Mogues, T. Decentralization without democracy. 2020 World Polit.. 72 165-213
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Kostka, G. ; Nahm, J. Central-local relations: recentralization and environmental governance in China. 2017 China Q.. 231 567-582
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Lemos, M.C. ; Agrawal, A. Environmental governance. 2006 Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.. 31 297-325
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Li, H. ; Guo, H ; (David), ; Zhang, P. The fiscal impact of county-to-urban district conversion in China. 2022 Urban Aff. Rev.. -
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Li, P. ; Lu, Y. ; Wang, J. Does flattening government improve economic performance?. 2016 Evid. China. J. Dev. Econ.. 123 18-37
- Li, X. ; Wang, L. Does administrative division adjustment promote low-carbon city development? empirical evidence from the "revoke county to urban district". 2023 China. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res.. 30 11542-11561
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Lin, L. Enforcement of pollution levies in China. 2013 J. Public Econ.. 98 32-43
Lipscomb, M. ; Mobarak, A.M. Decentralization and pollution spillovers: evidence from the re-drawing of county borders in Brazil. 2017 Rev. Econ. Stud.. 84 464-502
List, J.A. ; McHone, W.W. ; Millimet, D.L. Effects of air quality regulation on the destination choice of relocating plants. 2003 Oxf. Econ. Pap.. 55 657-678
Lu, Y. ; Wang, J. ; Zhu, L. Place-Based Policies, Creation, and Agglomeration Economies: Evidence from China's Economic Zone Program. 2019 Am. Econ. J. Econ. Policy. 11 325-360
- Millimet, D.L. Environmental federalism: a survey of the empirical literature. 2014 Case West. Reserve Law Rev.. 64 1669-1757
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Miyazaki, T. Economies of scope and local government expenditure: evidence from creation of specially authorized cities in Japan. 2021 Sustainability. 13 2684-
- Oates, W.E. Fiscal Federalism. 1972 Harcourt: New York
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Oates, W.E. ; Schwab, R.M. Economic competition among jurisdictions: efficiency enhancing or distortion inducing?. 1988 J. Public Econ.. 35 333-354
Richter, P.M. ; Runkel, M. ; Schmidt, R.C. Strategic environmental policy and the mobility of firms. 2021 J. Assoc. Environ. Resour. Econ.. 8 863-893
- Riker, W.H. Federalism: origin, Operation, Significance, First Printing edition. 1964 Little, Brown and Company: Boston
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Rooij, B.van ; Zhu, Q. ; Na, L. ; Qiliang, W. Centralizing trends and pollution law enforcement in China. 2017 China Q. 231 583-606
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Roth, J. Pretest with caution: event-study estimates after testing for parallel trends. 2022 Am. Econ. Rev. Insights. 4 305-322
Roth, J. ; Sant'Anna, P.H.C. ; Bilinski, A. ; Poe, J. What's trending in difference-in-differences? A synthesis of the recent econometrics literature. 2023 J. Econom.. 235 2218-2244
- Roth, J., Sant'Anna, P.H.C., 2021. Efficient estimation for staggered rollout designs. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2102.01291.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Shobe, W. Emerging issues in decentralized resource governance: environmental federalism, spillovers, and linked socio-ecological systems. 2020 Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ.. 12 259-279
Sigman, H. Decentralization and environmental quality: an international analysis of water pollution levels and variation. 2014 Land Econ.. 90 114-130
Sigman, H. International spillovers and water quality in rivers: do countries free ride?. 2002 Am. Econ. Rev.. 92 1152-1159
Sigman, H. Transboundary spillovers and decentralization of environmental policies. 2005 J. Environ. Econ. Manag.. 50 82-101
Swianiewicz, P. If territorial fragmentation is a problem, is amalgamation a solution? - Ten years later. 2018 Local Gov. Stud.. 44 1-10
Tang, P. ; Jiang, Q. ; Mi, L. One-vote veto: the threshold effect of environmental pollution in China's economic promotion tournament. 2021 Ecol. Econ.. 185 -
Tang, W. ; Hewings, G.J.D. Do city-county mergers in China promote local economic development?. 2017 Econ. Transit.. 25 439-469
- Tavares, A.F. Municipal amalgamations and their effects: a literature review. 2018 Misc. Geogr.. 22 5-15
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- van der Kamp, D. Can police patrols prevent pollution? The limits of authoritarian environmental governance in China. 2021 Comp. Polit.. 53 403-433
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
van der Kamp, D. ; Lorentzen, P. ; Mattingly, D. Racing to the bottom or to the top? decentralization, revenue pressures, and governance reform in China. 2017 World Dev. 95 164-176
Wang, J. ; Yeh, A.G. Administrative restructuring and urban development in China: effects of urban administrative level upgrading. 2020 Urban Stud. 57 1201-1223
Weerasekara, S. ; Wilson, C. ; Lee, B. ; Hoang, V.-N. ; Managi, S. ; Rajapaksa, D. The impacts of climate induced disasters on the economy: winners and losers in Sri Lanka. 2021 Ecol. Econ.. 185 -
Wu, M. ; Cao, X. Greening the career incentive structure for local officials in China: does less pollution increase the chances of promotion for Chinese local leaders?. 2021 J. Environ. Econ. Manag.. 107 -
Xu, C. The fundamental institutions of China's reforms and development. 2011 J. Econ. Lit.. 49 1076-1151
Yang, X. ; Yan, J. ; Tian, K. ; Yu, Z. ; Yu Li, R. ; Xia, S. Centralization or decentralization? the impact of different distributions of authority on China's environmental regulation. 2021 Technol. Forecast. Soc. Change. 173 -
- Yang, Z. ; Shi, D. The impacts of political hierarchy on corporate pollution emissions: evidence from a spatial discontinuity in China. 2022 J. Environ. Manage.. 302 -
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- You, C. The impact of decentralization on air pollution: the evidence from the territorial reforms policy in china. 2023 Singap. Econ. Rev. 1-24
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- You, C. ; Zhang, Z. Unintended consequences of administrative decentralization on air pollution: evidence from county power expansion in China. 2023 Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res.. -
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Zhang, B. ; Chen, X. ; Guo, H. Does central supervision enhance local environmental enforcement? Quasi-experimental evidence from China. 2018 J. Public Econ.. 164 70-90
- Zhang, S. ; Zhang, M. ; Sun, W. Administrative division adjustment and housing price comovement: evidence from city-county mergers in China. 2022 China World Econ. 30 149-173
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Zhang, X. ; Li, Y. ; Zhou, C. ; Luan, X. ; Yuan, F. Rescaling of the land regime in the making of city-regions: a case study of China's Pearl River Delta. 2023 Urban Stud. 60 483-500
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Zhang, X. ; Shen, J. ; Sun, Y. ; Zhou, C. ; Yang, Y. Formation of city regions from bottom-up initiatives: investigating coalitional developmentalism in the Pearl River Delta. 2023 Ann. Am. Assoc. Geogr.. 113 700-716
- Zhang, X. ; Sun, Y. ; Luan, X. Regulation flexibility and legitimacy building in governing intercity railways: the polymorphous role of the Chinese provincial government. 2023 J. Urban Aff.. 0 1-16
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Zhang, Y.J. ; Du, M. Greening through digitalisation? Evidence from cities in China. 2023 Reg. Stud.. 1-15
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Zheng, L. ; Na, M. A pollution paradox? The political economy of environmental inspection and air pollution in China. 2020 Energy Res. Soc. Sci.. 70 -
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Zhu, Z. ; Tan, Y. Can green industrial policy promote green innovation in heavily polluting enterprises? Evidence from China. 2022 Econ. Anal. Policy. 74 59-75
Zou, E.Y. Unwatched Pollution: the Effect of Intermittent Monitoring on Air Quality. 2021 Am. Econ. Rev.. 111 2101-2126