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The impact of eco-industrial parks on urban haze pollution: evidence from China

Qingshan Ma et al.

Environment and Development Economics2025https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x24000391article
AJG 2ABDC B
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0.44

Abstract

With the green, circular, and low-carbon concept, eco-industrial parks are regarded as key drivers for maximizing environmental and economic benefits. Based on the panel data of 276 cities in China from 2007 to 2018, this paper regards the establishment of eco-industrial parks as a quasi-natural experiment, and employs the difference-in-differences method to test the impact of eco-industrial parks on urban haze pollution. We find that eco-industrial parks significantly reduce urban haze pollution and the conclusion holds with robustness tests. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the effect of eco-industrial parks on haze pollution is more pronounced in eastern and resource-based cities. Finally, mechanism analysis indicates that eco-industrial parks reduce urban haze pollution mainly by promoting technological innovation, upgrading industrial structure, and strengthening urban environmental regulations.

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@article{qingshan2025,
  title        = {{The impact of eco-industrial parks on urban haze pollution: evidence from China}},
  author       = {Qingshan Ma et al.},
  journal      = {Environment and Development Economics},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x24000391},
}

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