报告题目：Air Pollution and Mortality Impacts of Coal Production（煤炭生产的空气污染和死亡率影响）

报告人：褚印（中南财经政法大学）

报告时间：2021年10月29日（星期五）上午10:00-11:15

报告地点：bat365中文官方网站大楼212会议室

邀请部门：经济学系

报告人简介：

褚印，中南财经政法大学文澜学院副教授，2015年获美国田纳西大学经济学博士学位。主要研究领域为能源与环境经济学、发展经济学、应用计量经济学。学术论文发表于Journal of Industrial Economics、Environmental and Resource Economics、Energy Journal、Journal of Economic Surveys、 Energy Economics等国际经济学知名期刊。多次担任Energy Journal、Energy Economics等国际经济学期刊匿名审稿人。

报告摘要：

We examine the air pollution and mortality impacts of coal production leveraging the timing of coalmine accidents. Chinese safety regulation mandated that production activities at a coal mine be suspended if it experiences an accident with ten or more fatalities. We compare counties which experience such an accident to other counties which do so during some other part of the sample period. Combining satellite-based air pollution data at the county-day level with locations and dates of coalmine accidents and a host of controls, we show that timing of accidents cannot be predicted. On average, a coalmine production suspension leads to an 8% reduction in local air pollution. We provide evidence that the observed reduction in local air pollution is not driven by changes in the level of coal consumption. We find significant decreases in respiratory mortality during coalmine production suspensions with particularly large effects on vulnerable populations.