Resources Science, Volume. 42, Issue 5, 801(2020)

Urban residents’ marginal willingness to pay for environmental pollution control

Heping CAO, Jianming XI*, and Yuezhuo CHEN
Author Affiliations
  • School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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    Figures & Tables(6)
    Annual growth rate of complain letters and visits due to environmental problems in China, 1994-2015
    Annual growth rate of per capita industrial waste water and air pollution emissions in China, 1994-2015
    • Table 1. Statistical characteristics of provincial panel data

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      Table 1. Statistical characteristics of provincial panel data

      变量单位平均值标准差中位数最小值最大值
      visit人次315626172598016373
      letter96521459743811115392
      pol_water万t/人16.50810.19114.1941.14694.950
      pol_gas亿标m3/人2.690 2.698 1.876 0.038 25.788
      apf1/100005.5203.9315.1230.00045.957
      pol_fee亿元3.5704.0392.1990.00027.686
      unemp%3.4400.9233.5000.4007.400
      city_cons农村=13.0340.7802.9551.4538.869
      log_gdp万元2.0642.0571.2500.12310.796
      fgdp%0.1550.0850.1460.0040.489
      sgdp%0.4440.0840.4590.1480.594
      log_edu7.8011.4267.9302.25012.150
    • Table 2. Panel regression results of complain letters and visits

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      Table 2. Panel regression results of complain letters and visits

      模型被解释变量固定效应固定效应随机效应随机效应引入人均GDP平方项
      信访人次来访信件信访人次来访信件
      pol_water-0.0040.002-0.0040.005*-0.003
      (-1.620)(0.740)(-1.710)(2.080)(-1.460)
      pol_gas0.026**-0.0170.008-0.053***0.025*
      (-2.640)(-1.340)(0.780)(-4.610)(2.480)
      apf-0.014*0.004-0.022***-0.008-0.013*
      (-2.380)(0.560)(-3.650)(-1.160)(-2.130)
      pol_fee-0.015*-0.0170.0050.011-0.016*
      (-2.020)(-1.840)(0.700)(1.310)(-2.120)
      unemp0.068***0.217***0.066***0.181***0.070***
      (-3.520)(8.890)(3.350)(7.650)(3.580)
      city_cons-0.068*0.195***-0.092***0.158***-0.066*
      (-2.420)(5.610)(-3.310)(4.810)(-2.360)
      log_gdp-0.488***-0.460**-0.651***-0.479***-0.983
      (-3.660)(-2.800)(-5.190)(-3.340)(-1.330)
      log_gdp_sqr0.112
      (0.680)
      fgdp-2.039**-3.492***-0.740-2.426***-2.129
      (-3.080)(-4.280)(-1.230)(-3.670)(-3.150)
      sgdp-0.5570.5900.6601.284**-0.518
      (-1.360)(1.150)(1.750)(3.000)(-1.250)
      log_edu1.123*3.598***2.713***4.556***1.184*
      (-1.980)(5.140)(5.660)(8.930)(2.060)
      _cons4.923***1.2693.547***0.2745.872***
      (6.950)(5.350)(1.430)(0.360)(3.770)
    • Table 3. Regression results of complain letters and visits with bi-directional fixed effect model

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      Table 3. Regression results of complain letters and visits with bi-directional fixed effect model

      模型固定效应固定效应
      被解释变量信访人次来访信件
      pol_water-0.0040.001
      (-1.790)(0.280)
      pol_gas0.019*0.006
      (2.010)(0.660)
      apf-0.016**-0.008
      (-2.820)(-1.360)
      pol_fee-0.008(-1.140)-0.010(-1.480)
      unemp0.073***(3.400)0.071***(3.370)
      log_cons-0.664*(-2.120)0.650*(2.130)
      fgdp-1.172(-1.670)-0.041(-0.060)
      sgdp-0.134(-0.300)1.544***(3.520)
      log_edu1.081(-0.300)1.937***(3.520)
      _cons1.081(1.820)1.937***(3.400)
    • Table 4. Regression results with residents’ consumption level as explanatory variable

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      Table 4. Regression results with residents’ consumption level as explanatory variable

      对信访人次回归系数标准差t统计量P95%置信区间
      上限下限
      pol_water-0.00290.0024-1.190.233-0.00770.0019
      pol_gas0.00130.00932.390.006-0.00540.0312
      apf-0.00670.0056-1.200.229-0.01770.0043
      pol_fee-0.02380.0070-3.400.001-0.03760.0100
      unemp0.05340.01932.760.0060.01550.0913
      city_cons-0.04870.0278-1.750.080-0.10330.0059
      consume-6.09e-060.0005-2.330.009-0.00080.0003
      fgdp-0.95910.5856-1.640.102-2.10890.1906
      sgdp-0.72790.4377-1.660.097-1.58730.1314
      log_edu0.26680.51390.520.604-0.74221.2759
      _cons3.63840.61045.960.0002.43984.8369
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    Received: Sep. 6, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 15, 2021

    The Author Email: XI Jianming (xijianming@pku.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.18402/resci.2020.05.01

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