The Value of Clean Air in China： Evidence from Beijing and Shanghai  

作　　者：Jijun Tan Jinhua Zhao 

机构地区：[1]Research Institute for Economics and Management, Southwest University of Finance andEconomics, Chengdu 610074, China [2]Department of Economics Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI48824, USA [3]Institute for Advanced Studies, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai200433, China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》2014年第1期109-137,共29页中国高等学校学术文摘·经济学（英文版）

基　　金：The paper is supported by the MOE （Ministry of Education in China） Project of Humanities and Social Sciences （No. 09YJC790182） and by the National Social Science Foundation of China （No. 10AZD015）. We thank Max Auffhammer, Soren Anderson, Li Gan, Timo Goeschl, Joe Herriges, Cathy Kling, Kerry Smith, and participants at the Global Environmental Challenges： the Role of China conference for their helpful comments. We thank Min Wang for excellent research assistance, Chunguang Cai, Ye Chen, and Jingjing Sun for help with focus groups, and the Beijing and Shanghai Branches of the National Statistics Bureau of China for assistance in implementation of our survey instruments. The usual disclaimer applies.

摘　　要：We estimate the willingness to pay （WTP） of Beijing and Shanghai residents for improving the air quality of the two cities from their levels prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to the level achieved during the Olympics. The data are obtained from a contingent valuation study conducted through face-to-face interviews in June 2008 in Beijing and Shanghai prior to the Beijing Olympics, during which time there was intensive debate about Beijing＇s air quality. Residents in both cities are willing to pay more when they are more exposed to air pollution, when their disposable income increases, and when they have stronger beliefs that public opinion plays an important role in government policy making. Beijing residents are willing to pay more than Shanghai residents, due possibly to Beijing＇s poorer air quality. Overall, aggregate WTP for air quality improvement accounts for about 0.53% of the 2008 GDP in Beijing and 0.22% of the 2008 GDP in Shanghai.We estimate the willingness to pay （WTP） of Beijing and Shanghai residents for improving the air quality of the two cities from their levels prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to the level achieved during the Olympics. The data are obtained from a contingent valuation study conducted through face-to-face interviews in June 2008 in Beijing and Shanghai prior to the Beijing Olympics, during which time there was intensive debate about Beijing＇s air quality. Residents in both cities are willing to pay more when they are more exposed to air pollution, when their disposable income increases, and when they have stronger beliefs that public opinion plays an important role in government policy making. Beijing residents are willing to pay more than Shanghai residents, due possibly to Beijing＇s poorer air quality. Overall, aggregate WTP for air quality improvement accounts for about 0.53% of the 2008 GDP in Beijing and 0.22% of the 2008 GDP in Shanghai.

关 键 词：contingent valuation Beijing Olympic Games air quality 

分 类 号：X51[环境科学与工程—环境工程] G811.21[文化科学—体育学]