The Value of Clean Air in China： Evidence from Beijing and Shanghai

作     者：Jijun Tan Jinhua Zhao 

作者机构：Research Institute for Economics and Management Southwest University of Finance andEconomics Chengdu 610074 China Department of Economics Department of Agriculture Food and Resource Economics Environmental Science and Policy Program Michigan State University East Lansing MI48824 USA Institute for Advanced Studies Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Shanghai200433 China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》 (中国高等学校学术文摘·经济学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第9卷第1期

页      面：109-137页

学科分类：0403[教育学-体育学] 1202[管理学-工商管理] 04[教育学] 0201[经济学-理论经济学] 07[理学] 070602[理学-大气物理学与大气环境] 0706[理学-大气科学] 0701[理学-数学] 

基　　金：The paper is supported by the MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences (No. 09YJC790182) and by the National Social Science Foundation of China (No. 10AZD015). We thank Max Auffhammer  Soren Anderson  Li Gan  Timo Goeschl  Joe Herriges  Cathy Kling  Kerry Smith  and participants at the Global Environmental Challenges: the Role of China conference for their helpful comments. We thank Min Wang for excellent research assistance  Chunguang Cai  Ye Chen  and Jingjing Sun for help with focus groups  and the Beijing and Shanghai Branches of the National Statistics Bureau of China for assistance in implementation of our survey instruments. The usual disclaimer applies 

主　　题：contingent valuation Beijing Olympic Games air quality 

摘      要：We estimate the willingness to pay （WTP） of Beijing and Shanghai residents for improving the air quality of the two cities from their levels prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to the level achieved during the Olympics. The data are obtained from a contingent valuation study conducted through face-to-face interviews in June 2008 in Beijing and Shanghai prior to the Beijing Olympics, during which time there was intensive debate about Beijing＇s air quality. Residents in both cities are willing to pay more when they are more exposed to air pollution, when their disposable income increases, and when they have stronger beliefs that public opinion plays an important role in government policy making. Beijing residents are willing to pay more than Shanghai residents, due possibly to Beijing＇s poorer air quality. Overall, aggregate WTP for air quality improvement accounts for about 0.53% of the 2008 GDP in Beijing and 0.22% of the 2008 GDP in Shanghai.