Flight delays due to air pollution in China

被引：13
作者：
Chen, Xiaoguang [1 ]
Chen, Luoye [2 ]
Xie, Wei [3 ]
Mueller, Nathaniel D. [4 ,5 ]
Davis, Steven J. [6 ,7 ]
机构：
[1] Southwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Res Inst Econ & Management, Chengdu 610074, Peoples R China
[2] Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol Guangzhou, Innovat Policy & Entrepreneurship Thrust, Soc Hub, Guangzhou 511458, Peoples R China
[3] Peking Univ, China Ctr Agr Policy, Sch Adv Agr Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
[4] Colorado State Univ, Dept Ecosyst Sci & Sustainabil, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
[5] Colorado State Univ, Dept Soil & Crop Sci, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
[6] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Earth Syst Sci, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
[7] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT | 2023年 / 119卷
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
PM2; 5; pollution; Flight delays; Clean air policy; Economic benefits; China; INFANT-MORTALITY; TRAFFIC DELAYS; MENTAL-HEALTH; IMPACT; CONGESTION; EXPOSURE; QUALITY;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102810
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Using a newly-compiled dataset of airport traffic, air pollution, and weather from 2015 to 2017, we evaluate the effect of PM2.5 pollution levels on flight departure delays in China. We instrument for PM2.5levels using changes in atmospheric thermal inversions and wind direction. We find that a one-standard-deviation increase in the daily PM2.5 concentration levels leads to roughly 4.5-6.4 additional minutes in departure delays per flight. We estimate that reductions in China's PM2.5 pollution levels due to the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan avoided 13-18% of the increases in national average flight delays and saved US $54 to $69 million in passenger time in 2017 alone.
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