主讲人：施新政（清华大学经济管理学院经济学副教授）
主持老师：（北大经院）刘冲、吴群锋、曹光宇；（北大国发院）李力行、席天扬、徐化愚、于航、王轩、易君健；
时间：2023年3月9日（周四）11:30-13:00
线下地点：北京大学国家发展研究院承泽园245教室
主讲人简介：
施新政，清华大学经济管理学院经济学副教授。研究领域为劳动经济学和发展经济学。教育部青年长江学者。现任《经济学报》副主编，中国劳动经济学者论坛理事会主席。在Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Development Economics, 《经济研究》，《经济学（季刊）》，《管理世界》等国内外期刊发表论文四十余篇，主持多项国家自科项目。
摘要： In this paper, we investigate the impact of China’s 2017 policy that aimed to ban waste imports on air pollution. We exploit the difference-in-differences strategy, which combines the time variation and cross-prefecture variation in waste imports before the policy change. We find that prefectures that imported waste in the pre-policy period have experienced a greater improvement in their air quality after the policy shock. This effect is stronger in regions with loose environmental regulations and poor waste utilizing capacity. Further investigation shows that reducing both the burning of unrecyclable waste and the level of industrial production are channels through which the waste import ban policy reduces air pollution.
供稿单位：经济学院科研与博士后办公室
供稿人：刘冲 周思扬
