The promise of Beijing: Evaluating the impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on air quality

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 424-443

  Chen, Yuyu ^a   Jin, Ginger Zhe ^b   Kumar, Naresh ^c   Shi, Guang ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Development Research Center of the State Council of China   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality; AOD; China; Olympic Games

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION INDEX; AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; AOD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; OLYMPIC GAMES; POLICY INTERVENTION;

AIR POLLUTION; NASA; PLANT SHUTDOWNS;

AIR QUALITY;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; OLYMPIC GAMES; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84888199534     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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