[5月27日] 环境、能源与气候经济学workshop

发布日期:2021-05-21 09:22    来源:
主讲人:张炳 (南京大学)
 
题目:Make Clear Rules: Environmental Regulation and Policy Effectiveness 
 
主持老师:(北京大学经济学院)季曦
 
参与老师:(北京大学国家发展研究院)徐晋涛、王敏、邢剑炜、易媛媛
 
                 (北京大学现代农学院)侯玲玲、刘承芳
 
时间:2021年5月27日(周四) 12:00-14:00
 
地点:国家发展研究院万众楼一楼大教室
 
 
摘要:Unclear rules lead to uncertainty, moderating the effectiveness of public policies and causing large deadweight losses. China piloted a reform of its permit policy in 2016, aiming to integrate existing environmental regulations to make the environmental regulation more clear. We use the reform of the pollutant discharge permit system in China as a quasi-natural experiment to evaluate the impact of clear rules on policy performance. Using unique firm-level data and the difference-in-differences-in-differences (DDD) approach, we find that a clear policy leads firms to reduce the emission concentrations of major pollutants, chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen oxides (NOX), by 7.70%, 28.97%, 19.51%, and 12.01%, respectively. Compared with large and state-owned enterprises, small and non-state-owned enterprises reduced more emissions after permits were issued. The results suggest that clear rules can facilitate compliance and that governments should design clearer environmental regulations and policies in future environmental governance.
 
主讲人简介:
张炳,南京大学环境学院教授、南京大学-江苏省环境保护厅环境管理与政策研究中心主任。主要从事能源环境管理、规划与政策分析、气候变化政策、环境经济学等教学和研究。论文发表在PNAS、The Quarterly Journal of Economics、American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Environmental Science & Technology等杂志。参与我国排污许可证、排污交易、环境信息公开等政策的制定,研究成果获得环保部科技奖一等奖。