文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Unintended Mitigation Effect of Air Pollutant Regulation on the Aquatic Cadmium: Evidence from the 11-Fypep in China

作者：Yang, Guangfei[1]; Guo, Zitong[1]; Wu, Wenjun[2]; Shao, Shuai[3]; Peng, Xu[4]

机构：[1] Institute of Systems Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China; [2] State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Planning and Policy Simulation, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100012, China; [3] School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China; [4] School of Business, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China

年份：2023

外文期刊名：SSRN

收录：EI(收录号：20230259940)

语种：英文

外文关键词：Air pollution - Cost benefit analysis - Environmental regulations - Industrial emissions - Water pollution

摘要：This paper evaluates the unintended mitigation effect of air pollutant regulation on aquatic cadmium (Cd) emissions in the China's Eleventh Five-Year Plan for Environmental Protection (11-FYPEP), by employing a continuous Difference-in-Difference-in-Difference (DDD) estimator. We find that: (1) Although the 11-FYPEP did not target to reduce Cd emission, the implementation of 11-FYPEP reduced the emissions by 2.8%. (2) The Cd emission is closely related to the industrial level, because the reduction of Cd is 6.1% higher in areas with lower industrial output, and the mediating effect of the number of industrial enterprises accounts for 6.8% of the Cd reduction. (3) The Cd emission could also be affected by heating system which relies on coal-burning, resulting in 2.5% lower reduction of Cd in the north. (4) Although the 11-FYPEP leads to unintended reduction of Cd emissions, there is no free lunch, since the cost-benefit analysis indicates that the loss of industrial output does not compensate with the benefits of the reduction of Cd emissions evaluated by Grey Water Footprint (GWF). ? 2023, The Authors. All rights reserved.