The consequences of spatially differentiated water pollution regulation in China

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nber working paper series the consequences of spatially differentiated water pollution regulation in china zhao chen matthew e. kahn yu liu zhi wang working paper 22507 www.nber.org/papers/w22507 national bureau of economic research 1050 massachusetts avenue cambridge, ma 02138 august 2016 we would like to thank seminar participants at xiamen university, shanghai jiaotong university, fudan-uc young scholars conference 2015, urban economic association 2015 annual meeting in portland. we thank matthew norris for useful comments. any remaining errors are our own. the views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the national bureau of economic research. nber working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. they have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the nber board of directors that accompanies official nber publications. © 2016 by zhao chen, matthew e. kahn, yu liu, and zhi wang. all rights reserved. short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source. the consequences of spatially differentiated water pollution regulation in china zhao chen, matthew e. kahn, yu liu, and zhi wang nber working paper no. 22507 august 2016 jel no. q25,q52 abstract china’s environmental regulators have sought to reduce the yangtze river’s water pollution. we document that this regulatory effort has had …

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