Affiliation:
1. University of California, Santa Barbara (email: )
2. University of Chicago and NBER (email: )
3. University of Hong Kong (email: )
4. University of International Business and Economics (email: )
5. Nanjing University of Finance and Economics and Nanjing University (email: )
Abstract
We conducted a nationwide field experiment in China to evaluate the direct and indirect impacts of assigning firms to public or private citizen appeals when they violate pollution standards. There are three main findings. First, public appeals to the regulator through social media substantially reduce violations and pollution emissions, while private appeals cause more modest environmental improvements. Second, public appeals appear to tilt regulators’ focus away from facilitating economic growth and toward avoiding pollution-induced public unrest. Third, pollution reductions by treated firms are not offset by control firms, based on randomly varying the proportion of treated firms at the prefecture level. (JEL D22, L82, P28, P31, Q52, Q53, Q58)
Publisher
American Economic Association
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