The Impact of High-Speed Rail Opening on Pollutant Emissions from Firms around Conventional Rail Stations:Facts and Analysis
This paper uses sulfur dioxide(SO2)as a representative pollutant to examine the effect of the introduction of high-speed rail on the pollutant emissions of firms located near conventional speed railway stations.The study finds that the opening of high-speed rail encourages firms around convention-al railway stations to reduce pollutant emissions.This effect remains significant even after a series of ro-bustness checks.Specifically,the"passenger-cargo separation"effect induced by the high-speed rail in-troduction has altered the production processes of firms near conventional railway stations.These firms gradually reduce pollutant emissions by decreasing the number of industrial boilers used,reducing fuel consumption of industrial boilers,improving energy efficiency in pollution treatment,and advancing their technical capabilities.
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