能源经济学研讨会（第135期）

演讲嘉宾：

饶德宇博士 康奈尔大学应用经济与管理学院

讲座题目：

The Role of Environmental Amenities in the Urban Economy: Evidence From a Spatial General Equilibrium Approach

会议信息：

时间：2021年11月25日（星期四）12：00-13：30

地点：明德主楼623会议室

腾讯会议：494 951 852

嘉宾简介

饶德宇，康奈尔大学应用经济与管理学院博士生，2015年毕业于中国人民大学能源经济系；主要研究方向为环境经济学、城市经济学。

报告摘要

Environmental amenities play an important role in residential location decisions, which in turn affect the concentration of consumption and production activities. In this paper, I develop and estimate a spatial general equilibrium model to examine how environmental amenities affect the spatial distribution of urban economic activities and their welfare consequences. The model characterizes household location and consumption decisions, production decisions, as well as urban agglomeration and dispersion forces. The empirical analysis leverages a natural experiment of pollution monitoring and information disclosure program and recovers key underlying parameters using fine-scale travel data on commuting and consumption trips and environmental amenities. The analysis shows that job access, residential amenities, and consumption access account for 49%, 30% and 21% of overall attractiveness of a residential location, respectively. A one-standard-deviation change in air quality leads to a 0.24-standard-deviation change in individuals’ perceived amenity level. Counterfactual simulations suggest a 8.4% welfare gain if individuals were to fully incorporate environmental amenities into their decisions, compared to the scenario of not incorporating their impacts. The welfare difference is driven by changes in residential and workplace locations as well as consumption and production decisions.

直播链接：

腾讯会议：494 951 852

https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/14JEKGDLQGGI

能源经济学研讨会（Energy Economics Seminar）由中国人民大学应用经济学院能源经济系定期推出，旨在为研究中国能源经济问题的学者提供交流的平台。

联系人：刘阳（lyang0822@ruc.edu.cn)