Pollution-induced trips: Evidence from flight and train bookings in China

IF 5.1 1区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103340
Ruochen Dai , Dongmei Guo , Yajie Han , Yu Qin
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Utilizing a novel database including nearly 2.2 billion booking records in China, we examine whether people escape from pollution by traveling to “cleaner” places. Combining an instrumental variable approach with high-dimensional fixed effects, we find a 50-unit increase in the AQI gap between a city pair leads to a 1.30% (1.33%) increase in train and airline ticket bookings from the origin to the destination city departing within one day (2–7 days). In addition, the destination of such pollution-induced trips is more likely to be an intra-province city with more tourist attractions. We also measure willingness to pay for clean air.

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污染导致的旅行:来自中国航班和火车预订的证据
利用包括中国近 22 亿条预订记录在内的新型数据库,我们研究了人们是否会通过前往 "更清洁 "的地方来逃避污染。结合工具变量法和高维固定效应,我们发现一对城市之间的空气质量指数差距每增加 50 个单位,从出发地到目的地城市的火车票和机票预订量就会增加 1.30% (1.33%),一天内出发(2-7 天)。此外,此类污染引起的旅行的目的地更有可能是旅游景点较多的省内城市。我们还衡量了为清洁空气付费的意愿。
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126
审稿时长
72 days
期刊介绍: The Journal of Development Economics publishes papers relating to all aspects of economic development - from immediate policy concerns to structural problems of underdevelopment. The emphasis is on quantitative or analytical work, which is relevant as well as intellectually stimulating.
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