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Title: | Atmospheric pollution in Chinese cities: trends and persistence |
Authors: | Caporale, GM Carmona-González, N Gil-Alana, LA |
Keywords: | China;pollution;trends;persistence;long-range dependence |
Issue Date: | 19-Sep-2024 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Caporale, G.M., Carmona-González, N. and Gil-Alana, L.A. (2024) 'Atmospheric pollution in Chinese cities: trends and persistence', Heliyon, 10, e38211, pp. 1 - 7. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38211. |
Abstract: | This paper applies fractional integration to investigate the behaviour of various pollutants in seven Chinese cities. The objective is to establish if the series exhibit long memory and if time trends are statistically significant over the sample period going from January 2014 to November 2022. The results suggest that the steps recently taken by the Chinese authorities to reduce emissions and improve air quality have already had some effect: in most cases the air pollutant series are in the stationary range, with mean reversion occurring and shocks only having temporary effects, and there are significant downward trends indicating a decline over time in the degree of pollution in China. It is also interesting that in the most recent period, the Zero-Covid policy of the Chinese authorities has led to a further fall. On the whole, it would appear that the action plan adopted by the Chinese government is bringing the expected environmental benefits and therefore it is to be hoped that such policies will continue to be implemented and extended to improve air quality even further. |
Description: | JEL classification: C22;.Q53. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/29849 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38211 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: Guglielmo Maria Caporale https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0144-4135 ORCiD: Luis Alberiko Gil-Alana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5760-3123 e38211 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Economics and Finance Research Papers |
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