Efficiency evaluation of government investment for air pollution control in city clusters:A case from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei areas in China

作     者：Siqi YANG Li ZHANG Zhaoxu CHEN Nan LI Siqi YANG;Li ZHANG;Zhaoxu CHEN;Nan LI

作者机构：School of Information ManagementBeijing Information Science and Technology UniversityBeijing 100096China Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and HealthInstitute of Urban EnvironmentChinese Academy of SciencesXiamen361021China Xiamen Key Laboratory of Urban MetabolismInstitute of Urban EnvironmentChinese Academy of SciencesXiamen361021China University of the Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Engineering Management》 (工程管理前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第10卷第4期

页      面：612-624页

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学科分类：1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 07[理学] 070602[理学-大气物理学与大气环境] 0706[理学-大气科学] 

基　　金：the Beijing Social Science Foundation Project Key Project of the Social Science Program of the Beijing Education Commission(Grant No.SZ202011232024) Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Planning Fund Project(Grant No.20YJAZH129) 

主　　题：investment efficiency government investment air pollution control three-stage DEA-Malmquist model 

摘      要：Air pollution poses a significant threat to human health,particularly in urban areas with high levels of industrial *** China,the government plays a crucial role in managing air quality through the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action *** government provides direct financial support and guides the investment direction of social funds to improve air *** government investment has led to improvements in air quality across China,concerns remain regarding the efficiency of such large-scale *** address this concern,we conducted a study using a three-stage data envelopment analysis(DEA)-Malmquist model to assess the efficiency of government investment in improving air quality in *** analysis revealed regional disparities and annual dynamic ***,we focused on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei areas as a case study,as the investment primarily targeted industrial activities in urban areas with the goal of improving living conditions for urban *** results demonstrate significant differences in investment efficiency between *** exhibits relatively high investment efficiency,while cities in Hebei Province require *** identified scale inefficiency,which refers to the ratio of air pollutant reduction to financial investment,as the main factor contributing to regional ***,we found that increasing the total investment scale can help mitigate this ***,our study observed positive but fluctuating annual changes in investment efficiency within this city cluster from 2014 to ***-combined technical efficiency,which represents the investment strategy,is the main obstacle to improving yearly investment ***,in addition to promoting investment strategies at the individual city level,it is crucial to enhance coordination and cooperation among cities to improve the investment efficiency of the entire city *** the efficiency of gover