Co-authored Paper by Duan Wenqi, Jiang Mingming and Qi Jianhong Published in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM)
Recently, the academic paper Poverty or pollution: The environmental cost of E-commerce for poverty reduction in China, completed by Assistant Researcher Duan Wenqi, Professor Jiang Mingming and Professor Qi Jianhong from the School of Economics, Shandong University, was officially published in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM), the top international journal in environmental economics. Professor Jiang Mingming is the corresponding author, and Professor Qi Jianhong and Assistant Researcher Duan Wenqi are co-first authors.
Poverty alleviation policies may bring environmental costs while generating economic benefits. Using the "E-commerce into Rural Areas" (ECC) project, one of the world’s largest special poverty alleviation strategies implemented in China, this study explores the impact of poverty alleviation policies on local air quality. The results show that although the ECC project has achieved remarkable results in eliminating poverty, it has also aggravated local environmental pollution. The two main goals of the ECC project are "industrial products going to the countryside" and "agricultural products entering cities", among which "agricultural products entering cities" is found to be the main cause of the decline in local air quality. The main sources of pollution include the increase of township enterprises, the destruction of vegetation and traffic pollution. In the process of sustainable development, local governments face the challenge of balancing poverty alleviation and environmental protection. Their decision-making process needs to comprehensively consider local environmental regulations, ecological vulnerability and potential adaptation strategies to balance the economic benefits and environmental costs of policy implementation.
Duan Wenqi is an Assistant Researcher at the School of Economics, Shandong University. His research interests include international trade, digital economy and supply chain management. His research papers have been published in Chinese and English prestigious journals such as China Industrial Economics and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. He has presided over national and provincial/ministerial-level projects such as the Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Youth Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province.
Jiang Mingming is a Professor at the School of Economics, Shandong University, and a Young Scholar of the Future Plan of Shandong University. His research interests include macroeconomics, macro finance and applied econometrics. His research findings have been published in well-known international journals such as Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Banking and Finance, Economica, and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. He has presided over many national and provincial/ministerial-level projects such as the General Program of the National Social Science Fund and the Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Qi Jianhong is a Distinguished Young and Middle-aged Scholar of Shandong University and a Professor at the School of Economics, Shandong University. Her main research fields include international economics, foreign direct investment (FDI), international trade theory and policy, and artificial intelligence and export upgrading. She has published more than 100 academic papers in CSSCI and SSCI core journals such as Economic Research, The Journal of World Economy, Economic Research (Quarterly), Journal of Financial Research, China Industrial Economics, and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and presided over many national and provincial/ministerial-level projects such as the Major Program of the National Social Science Fund and the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Founded in 1974, JEEM is a top international journal recognized in the field of environmental and resource economics, dedicated to publishing theoretical and empirical articles related to environmental and resource economics.
Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2024.103029
