Energy use, industrial soot and vehicle exhaust pollution—China's regional air pollution recognition, performance decomposition and governance

• Published in: Energy economics Vol. 83; pp. 501 - 514
• Main Authors: Miao, Zhuang, Baležentis, Tomas, Shao, Shuai, Chang, Dongfeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 01.09.2019; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Air pollution; Air pollution measurements; Atmospheric models; Atmospheric pollution; Decomposition; Emissions; Energy consumption; Energy economics; Environmental performance; Environmental protection; Environmental regulations; Exhaust gases; Governance; Industrial emissions; Industrial pollution; Industrial soot SO2; Mitigation; Panel data; Pollutants; Productivity; Provinces; Regional development; Regulation; Slack-based decomposition; Soot; Sulfur dioxide; Total factor productivity; Traffic; Transportation; Vehicle emissions; Vehicle exhaust NOx; China; Atmospheric pollution; Q56; Industrial soot SO2; D24; Total factor productivity; Slack-based decomposition; Q53; Vehicle exhaust NOx

The identification of “industrial soot” or “vehicle exhaust” pollution facilitates developing proper measures for the mitigation of regional air pollution. In order to identify the pollution types at a regional level, this paper applies the Luenberger productivity indicator to decompose air pollutan...