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Air Pollution and Media Slant: Evidence from Chinese Corporate News

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  • Xinjie Wang
  • Ge Wu
  • Zhiqiang Xiang
  • Jianyu Zhang

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This paper examines the impact of air pollution on the media slant of publicly listed firms in China. Using a large panel of air quality and media data at the city level, we find that lower air quality generally leads to a more negative media slant. When the air quality falls from lightly polluted to heavily polluted, the number of negative sentences in a news article increases by about 1%. Our subsample analysis shows that the effect of air pollution on media slant is similar for news articles covering large and small firms, SOE and non-SOE firms and for official and non-official newspaper articles. Furthermore, the effect of air pollution on media slant is stronger for firms in heavy polluting industries. These results suggest that air pollution affects media slant.

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  • Xinjie Wang & Ge Wu & Zhiqiang Xiang & Jianyu Zhang, 2022. "Air Pollution and Media Slant: Evidence from Chinese Corporate News," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(10), pages 2880-2894, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:58:y:2022:i:10:p:2880-2894
    DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2021.2013196
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    1. Stefani Kulebanova & Jana Prodanova & Aleksandra Dedinec & Trifce Sandev & Desheng Wu & Ljupco Kocarev, 2024. "Media Sentiment on Air Pollution: Seasonal Trends in Relation to PM10 Levels," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(15), pages 1-20, July.

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