The impact of environmental information disclosure and its extent on haze pollution: case studies from 285 cities in China Online publication date: Mon, 15-Apr-2024
by An Pan; Yaoyao Qin; Huating Liu; Zhangqi Zhong
International Journal of Environment and Pollution (IJEP), Vol. 72, No. 2/3/4, 2023
Abstract: Taking 285 cities in China from 2005 to 2018 for example, this paper applied the propensity score matching method combined with the difference-in-differences (DID) and spatial difference-in-differences (SDID) models to investigate the impact of environmental information disclosure (EID) and its extent on haze pollution at the urban regional scale. A finding from this paper is that the EID could significantly reduce regional haze pollution, and the greater the extent of the EID, the more pronounced the reduction effect of haze pollution. Another important finding is that, for the key environmental protection cities, the resource-based cities, and the heating cities, the impact of the EID on lessening the concentration of haze pollution would be more significant. Overall, these findings would provide an important theoretical basis for relevant stakeholders to formulate more targeted strategies based on the EID for haze pollution reduction at the urban regional scale.
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