Governments' Fiscal Squeeze and Firms' Pollution Emissions: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China

Kong, DM; Zhu, L

Kong, DM (通讯作者),Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Econ, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China.;Kong, DM (通讯作者),Zhongnan Univ Econ & Law, Sch Finance, Wuhan, Peoples R China.

ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS, 2022; 81 (4): 833

Abstract

We investigate whether and how government fiscal squeeze affects local firms' pollution emissions. To establish causality, we introduce a policy shock......

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