Comparision of China's volatile organic compound pollution management:a computable general equilibrium approach  

作　　者：Yufei Wang Changxin Liu Tong Wu Zhengping Hao Zheng Wang 

机构地区：[1]Management World,Development Research Center of the State Council

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Population,Resources and Environment》2016年第4期298-308,共11页中国人口·资源与环境（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Basic Research Program(973 Program)of China:[Grant Number2012CB955800];the National Natural Science Foundation(863 Program)of China:[Grant Number 2012 AA063101];the "Strategic Priority Research Program" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[Grant Number XDB05050200]

摘　　要：The public health and ecological impacts of volatile organic compound(VOCs) pollution have become a serious problem in China,arousing increasing attention to emissions control.In this context,this paper analyses the effectiveness of VOC reduction policies,namely pollution charges and environmental taxes at the national and industrial sector levels.It uses a computable general equilibrium model,which connects macroeconomic variables with VOC emissions inventory,to simulate the effects of policy scenarios(with 2007 as the reference year).This paper shows that VOC emissions are reduced by 2.2% when a pollution charge equal to the average cost of engineering reduction methods-the traditional approach to regulation in China-is applied.In order to achieve a similar reduction,an 8.9% indirect tax would have to be imposed.It concludes that an environmental tax should be the preferred method of VOC regulation due to its smaller footprint on the macroeconomy.Other policies,such as subsidies,should be used as supplements.The public health and ecological impacts of volatile organic compound（VOCs） pollution have become a serious problem in China,arousing increasing attention to emissions control.In this context,this paper analyses the effectiveness of VOC reduction policies,namely pollution charges and environmental taxes at the national and industrial sector levels.It uses a computable general equilibrium model,which connects macroeconomic variables with VOC emissions inventory,to simulate the effects of policy scenarios（with 2007 as the reference year）.This paper shows that VOC emissions are reduced by 2.2% when a pollution charge equal to the average cost of engineering reduction methods-the traditional approach to regulation in China-is applied.In order to achieve a similar reduction,an 8.9% indirect tax would have to be imposed.It concludes that an environmental tax should be the preferred method of VOC regulation due to its smaller footprint on the macroeconomy.Other policies,such as subsidies,should be used as supplements.

关 键 词：Volatile organic compounds environmental tax pollution charge computable general equilibrium models 

分 类 号：F812.42[经济管理—财政学] X592[环境科学与工程—环境工程]