Pollution acceleration before braking: evidence of environmental deterioration from the anticipated steel restriction policy in China

• Main Authors: Qiang, Will W., Luo, Chen, Shi, Shuai, Lyu, Huaiqian, Wen, Tianzuo, Yim, Steve Hung Lam, Lee, Harry F.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Steel restriction policy; Air pollution
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181592
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This research employs China’s steel restriction policy as a backdrop to investigate environmental policies’ unintended and counterproductive effects. Using high-resolution satellite-derived data and panel Difference-in-Differences regression, we found that the air pollution concentration in cities i...