Endogenous Enforcement and Effectiveness of China's Pollution Levy System

The authors investigate two aspects of China's pollution levy system, which was first implemented about 20 years ago. First, they analyze what determines differences in enforcement of the pollution levy in various urban areas. They find that collection of the otherwise uniform pollution levy is...

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Main Authors:	Wang, Hua, Wheeler, David
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	abatement abatement costs air pollutant air pollution air pollution problem ambient environmental quality chemical oxygen demand clean-up Coal coastal areas COD dust economic activity economic development economic instruments economists effluent elasticities emission environmental economics environmental management environmental performance environmental protection environmental quality environmental regulations environmental sciences environmental taxes equilibrium gas income industrial emissions industrial pollution industrial pollution control industrial water labor force marginal abatement marginal abatement costs marginal cost metals monitoring equipment noise noise pollution oxygen particulates plant operations political economy polluters pollution pollution abatement pollution charge pollution charges pollution control pollution control costs pollution discharge pollution intensity pollution levy pollution levy system pollution reduction pollution regulation production costs production process solid waste solid wastes sulfur sulfur dioxide total suspended particulates wages waste water wastewater wastewater discharge water pollutant water pollution environmental costs regulatory structure urban pollution econometric models of economic development
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spelling	okr-10986-215832021-04-23T14:04:03Z Endogenous Enforcement and Effectiveness of China's Pollution Levy System Wang, Hua Wheeler, David abatement abatement costs air pollutant air pollution air pollution problem ambient environmental quality chemical oxygen demand clean-up Coal coastal areas COD dust economic activity economic development economic instruments economists effluent elasticities emission environmental economics environmental management environmental performance environmental protection environmental quality environmental regulations environmental sciences environmental taxes equilibrium gas income industrial emissions industrial pollution industrial pollution control industrial water labor force marginal abatement marginal abatement costs marginal cost metals monitoring equipment noise noise pollution oxygen particulates plant operations political economy polluters pollution pollution abatement pollution charge pollution charges pollution control pollution control costs pollution discharge pollution intensity pollution levy pollution levy system pollution reduction pollution regulation production costs production process solid waste solid wastes sulfur sulfur dioxide total suspended particulates wages waste water wastewater wastewater discharge water pollutant water pollution pollution levy system economic development environmental quality environmental costs regulatory structure industrial pollution urban pollution air pollution water pollution econometric models of economic development pollution abatement The authors investigate two aspects of China's pollution levy system, which was first implemented about 20 years ago. First, they analyze what determines differences in enforcement of the pollution levy in various urban areas. They find that collection of the otherwise uniform pollution levy is sensitive to differences in economic development and environmental quality. Air and water pollution levies are higher in areas that are heavily polluted. Second, they analyze the impact of pollution charges on industry's environmental performance, in terms of the pollution intensity of process production and the degree of end-of-pipe abatement for both water pollution and air pollution. Econometric analysis shows that plants respond strongly to the levy by either abating air pollution in the production process or providing end-of-pipe treatment for water pollution. 2015-03-11T14:56:24Z 2015-03-11T14:56:24Z 2000-05 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21583 en_US Policy Research Working Papers;No. 2336 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific China
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topic	abatement abatement costs air pollutant air pollution air pollution problem ambient environmental quality chemical oxygen demand clean-up Coal coastal areas COD dust economic activity economic development economic instruments economists effluent elasticities emission environmental economics environmental management environmental performance environmental protection environmental quality environmental regulations environmental sciences environmental taxes equilibrium gas income industrial emissions industrial pollution industrial pollution control industrial water labor force marginal abatement marginal abatement costs marginal cost metals monitoring equipment noise noise pollution oxygen particulates plant operations political economy polluters pollution pollution abatement pollution charge pollution charges pollution control pollution control costs pollution discharge pollution intensity pollution levy pollution levy system pollution reduction pollution regulation production costs production process solid waste solid wastes sulfur sulfur dioxide total suspended particulates wages waste water wastewater wastewater discharge water pollutant water pollution pollution levy system economic development environmental quality environmental costs regulatory structure industrial pollution urban pollution air pollution water pollution econometric models of economic development pollution abatement
spellingShingle	abatement abatement costs air pollutant air pollution air pollution problem ambient environmental quality chemical oxygen demand clean-up Coal coastal areas COD dust economic activity economic development economic instruments economists effluent elasticities emission environmental economics environmental management environmental performance environmental protection environmental quality environmental regulations environmental sciences environmental taxes equilibrium gas income industrial emissions industrial pollution industrial pollution control industrial water labor force marginal abatement marginal abatement costs marginal cost metals monitoring equipment noise noise pollution oxygen particulates plant operations political economy polluters pollution pollution abatement pollution charge pollution charges pollution control pollution control costs pollution discharge pollution intensity pollution levy pollution levy system pollution reduction pollution regulation production costs production process solid waste solid wastes sulfur sulfur dioxide total suspended particulates wages waste water wastewater wastewater discharge water pollutant water pollution pollution levy system economic development environmental quality environmental costs regulatory structure industrial pollution urban pollution air pollution water pollution econometric models of economic development pollution abatement Wang, Hua Wheeler, David Endogenous Enforcement and Effectiveness of China's Pollution Levy System
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relation	Policy Research Working Papers;No. 2336
description	The authors investigate two aspects of China's pollution levy system, which was first implemented about 20 years ago. First, they analyze what determines differences in enforcement of the pollution levy in various urban areas. They find that collection of the otherwise uniform pollution levy is sensitive to differences in economic development and environmental quality. Air and water pollution levies are higher in areas that are heavily polluted. Second, they analyze the impact of pollution charges on industry's environmental performance, in terms of the pollution intensity of process production and the degree of end-of-pipe abatement for both water pollution and air pollution. Econometric analysis shows that plants respond strongly to the levy by either abating air pollution in the production process or providing end-of-pipe treatment for water pollution.
format	Publications & Research
author	Wang, Hua Wheeler, David
author_facet	Wang, Hua Wheeler, David
author_sort	Wang, Hua
title	Endogenous Enforcement and Effectiveness of China's Pollution Levy System
title_short	Endogenous Enforcement and Effectiveness of China's Pollution Levy System
title_full	Endogenous Enforcement and Effectiveness of China's Pollution Levy System
title_fullStr	Endogenous Enforcement and Effectiveness of China's Pollution Levy System
title_full_unstemmed	Endogenous Enforcement and Effectiveness of China's Pollution Levy System
title_sort	endogenous enforcement and effectiveness of china's pollution levy system
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21583
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Endogenous Enforcement and Effectiveness of China's Pollution Levy System

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