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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 220, Issue -, Pages 919-930Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.031
Keywords
River chief policy; Water pollution; Yangtze river economic belt; Difference-in-difference
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Funding
- Major Project of National Social Science Foundation of China [18ZDA047]
- Jiangxi Social Science Planning Fund [16YJ15]
- Jiangxi Art and Science Planning Fund [YG2016297]
- Humanities and Social Science Research Program of Jiangxi Province [JJ18218]
- Humanities and Social Science Research Program of the Ministry of Education [17YJC790061]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LY19G030013]
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China has introduced an innovative water management institution the River Chief Policy (RCP)-to manage water quality. Using the difference-in-difference (DID) method and panel data from 40 cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt during the period from 2004 to 2015, we explore the effect of the RCP on surface water pollution. Our results first revealed that the RCP could substantially improve water quality. However, the effect of the RCP leveled off following its implementation. Second, the possible reasons why the RCP works well are industrial structure upgrades and the stringent policy measures to control industrial waste discharge. Third, we found that the effect of the RCP had heterogeneous impacts from city to city. More specifically, the RCP could reduce water pollutants more efficiently in cities with higher GDP levels and in cities with more rigorous environmental regulations. Finally, some policy implications for future versions of the RCP are presented. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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