Environmental pollution and economic growth in China

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dc.contributor.advisorYu, Weiqiu
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Yixin
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:40:05Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:40:05Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2023-03-01T15:02:58Z
dc.description.abstractThe rapid economic growth in China has greatly impacted its environment and people’s quality of life across China in the past four decades. In this report, using a panel data set of 31 Chinese provinces from 2004 to 2017 and both panel econometric models and special econometric regressions, I estimate the relationship between environmental pollution (as measured by industrial sulfur dioxide emissions) and economic growth while controlling for four other variables, and find that (i) China’s economic growth impacts its environmental pollution through a decreasing, rather than the more commonly known inverted U-shaped relationship; and (ii) environmental pollution in one province is directly associated with the environmental pollution in its neighboring provinces. Based on the regression results, I recommend that government increase investments in high value-added, renewable, and low-carbon industries and encourage cooperation between neighboring provincial governments to ensure stable and sustainable economic growth while protecting the environment.
dc.description.copyright© Yixin Zhao, 2021
dc.description.noteA Report Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Graduate Academic Unit of Economics
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dc.format.extentiv, 34 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/14298
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineEconomics
dc.titleEnvironmental pollution and economic growth in China
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Arts
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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