Air pollution and the domestic value-added for Chinese exporters

作     者：Yan Du Fangzhou Cao Jie Yan Mao Zhou Yan Du;Fangzhou Cao;Jie Yan;Mao Zhou

作者机构：School of Public Finance and TaxationSouthwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChengdu611130China School of International BusinessSouthwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChengdu611130China Research Center for the Integration of Chengdu into Dual-Circulation Development New PatternsChengdu610000China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Population,Resources and Environment》 (中国人口·资源与环境（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第20卷第1期

页      面：19-28页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[Grant No.72003151,72173100,71703130] the National Social Science Fund of China[Grant No.21ZDA093] the Soft Science Research Program of Sichuan Province[Grant No.2021JDR0133] the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[Grant No.JBK2212019] the Major Project in Applied Economics of Southwest University of Finance and Economics on Special Funds for Double First-Class and Characteristic Development Guidance of Central Universities 

主　　题：PM_(2.5) Precipitation Domestic value-addedrateoffirms’exports 

摘      要：This paper evaluates the causal effect of air pollution on the share of domestic value-added in exports for Chinese *** is employed as an instrument for air pollution to alleviate the *** baseline instrument variable estimation identifies a significant and negative effect of air pollution on the share of domestic value added in ***,each 1 mg/m^(3) increase in yearly PM_(2.5) exposure is associated with 3.1447 units decrease of the domestic value-added rate of firms’*** result holds when wind speed,air flow index and thermal inversions are used as alternative ***,it is shown that air pollution is detrimental to the health of employees,and also has negative effect on firms’productivity as well as firms’innovation *** of these may have a negative effect on domestic production and therefore reduce the share of value added done ***,greater effect is found for the central region,the east of Hu Huanyong line,cities of low altitude and high pressure,and also for foreign-invested *** paper provides empirical evidence that air pollution may affect the organization of global production,i.e.,the share of domestic value added in Chinese exports,and it certainly contributes to more comprehensive understanding of the effect of air pollution.