<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tingting Xie; Yong Wang; Ye Yuan</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Health benefits from improved air quality: Evidence from the pollution regulations in China’s “2+26” cities</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental and Resource Economics</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s10640-024-00860-3?sharing_token=X2845KvHIcJ-u6CAg0kRWfe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY5Hsofl1ectiTQNuCJAiw31EVR99IXKuaXhS3knEJ6Qvi-f2twGk5IM1mxssbvTo41iy265QxIViprY1UVCtI5UaFvYRFBTo4Kre54g6BFEBd8RSWiYSLmTZOqQNr7WRjk%3D</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">87</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1175-1221</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This study assesses the health benefits of better air quality by examining the causal impact&amp;nbsp;of China’s stringent “2+26” regional air pollution control policy on local air quality and&amp;nbsp;population health. Employing a spatial regression discontinuity design that capitalizes&amp;nbsp;on the policy’s location-specific features, we present compelling evidence that the&amp;nbsp;2+26&amp;nbsp;policy results in an average reduction of 12.2 units in the local Air Quality Index (AQI)&amp;nbsp;and a 47.0% decrease in per capita medical expenditure from 2014 to 2018. A one-unit&amp;nbsp;reduction in AQI corresponds to a 0.88% reduction in per capita annual medical spending,&amp;nbsp;equivalent to RMB 30.2 (US$4.6). These health gains stem from reduced chronic disease&amp;nbsp;prevalence and improved subjective well-being. Nationally, air quality improvement during 2014–2018 could save RMB 674billion (US$104billion) annually in national direct&amp;nbsp;medical costs, constituting 11.6% of national medical expenditure in 2018. Our findings&amp;nbsp;underscore the substantial health and welfare gains achievable through pollution controls in&amp;nbsp;developing countries.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>