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China's Environmental Policy: A Critical Survey

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  • Gregory C. Chow

    (Princeton University)

Abstract

This paper reviews the basic laws and policies of the Chinese government on environmental problems and discusses the issues in policy implementation, the prospect of solving the environmental problems in the future and some recent successes in the development of alternative energy and in controlling pollution. It also includes two proposals for improving the regulation of industrial pollution in China and for controlling carbon emission in the world.

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  • Gregory C. Chow, 2010. "China's Environmental Policy: A Critical Survey," Working Papers 1221, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies..
    • Handle: RePEc:pri:cepsud:206
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    Cited by:

    1. Wu, Haoyi & Guo, Huanxiu & Zhang, Bing & Bu, Maoliang, 2017. "Westward movement of new polluting firms in China: Pollution reduction mandates and location choice," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 45(1), pages 119-138.
    2. Siqi Zheng & Matthew E. Kahn, 2013. "Understanding China's Urban Pollution Dynamics," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 51(3), pages 731-772, September.

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    Keywords

    China; environmental policy; environmental problems; pollution;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
    • F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
    • Q52 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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