2025年11月11日(周二)14:00-16:00 梁远宁 (北京大学经济学院)
讲座系列:“双碳”战略与绿色经济系列讲座第12场(学科发展系列讲座总期第100场)
讲座人:梁远宁 (北京大学经济学院)
时间:2025年11月11日(周二)14:00-16:00
地点:博学楼501
主持人:刘梦迪(对外经贸大学国际经济贸易学院能源与低碳经济学系教授)
讲座题目:Decentralization and Environmental Regulation: Evidence from China's Legislative Decentralization Reform
讲座摘要:This paper examines the environmental consequences of decentralizing legislative authority in China. Exploiting the staggered rollout of a 2015 reform that empowered over 237 prefecture-level cities to enact local laws, we construct a city-by-month panel (2010–2023) linking local legislation with high-frequency water quality and enforcement data. Cities newly authorized to legislate and that adopted environmental laws achieved substantial gains: the share of swimmable water rose 24% and severely polluted water declined 21%, supported by stronger enforcement. Text analysis shows effectiveness is concentrated in higher-quality laws. Our findings demonstrate that legislative decentralization, when matched with institutional capacity, yields significant environmental improvements.
主讲人简介:
梁远宁,北京大学经济学院助理教授,研究领域为环境经济学和交通经济学,尤其关注生物多样性相关经济研究。梁远宁博士毕业于美国康奈尔大学应用经济与管理学院。在Journal of Public Economics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Urban Economics发表论文。