HAVE VEHICLE REGISTRATION RESTRICTIONS IMPROVED URBAN AIR QUALITY IN JAPAN? | Zendy

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HAVE VEHICLE REGISTRATION RESTRICTIONS IMPROVED URBAN AIR QUALITY IN JAPAN?

Author(s) -

Nishitateno Shuhei,

Burke Paul J.

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

contemporary economic policy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 1465-7287

pISSN - 1074-3529

DOI - 10.1111/coep.12457

Subject(s) - metropolitan area , air quality index , difference in differences , agricultural economics , business , environmental science , geography , economics , econometrics , meteorology , archaeology

About 2.6 million noncompliant vehicles were removed from designated metropolitan areas in Japan after the introduction of vehicle registration restrictions under the 1992 Automobile NOx Control Law. Based on a difference‐in‐differences framework and using a monitor‐level panel dataset for the period January 1981–December 2015, we find that the intervention led to a 3%–6% reduction in the monthly mean ambient concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) in the treated areas. Back‐of‐the‐envelope calculations identify benefits equal to about US$104 million as a result of reduced mortality from asthma. ( JEL Q53, Q58)

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