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DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nBlue\nSkies Over Beijing:&nbsp\;Economic\nGrowth and th
 e Environment (TDPE Public Lecture)\n\n \n\n Prof.\nMatthew E. Kahn will d
 iscuss his 2016 Princeton\nUniversity Press book\, Blue Skies over Beijing
 : Economic\nGrowth and the Environment (joint with Siqi\nZheng).&nbsp\; Th
 is book studies the causes and\nconsequences of urban China's local and gl
 obal pollution challenges.&nbsp\; It then discusses the political-economy\
 nquestion of whether local mayors and the Central Government have strong\n
 incentives to tackle the pollution challenge.&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n\nMatthew E.\n
 Kahn\,\nPhD (Chicago)&nbsp\;is Professor of Economics at\nthe University o
 f Southern California\, and a research associate at\nthe&nbsp\;National Bu
 reau of Economic Research.&nbsp\;He\nis the author of\n&nbsp\;Green Cities
 :&nbsp\;Urban Growth and the\nEnvironment (Brookings\, 2006)\, &nbsp\;Hero
 es and Cowards: The Social Face of War (joint\nwith Dora Costa) (Princeton
  U.\nPress 2009)\, Climatopolis\n(Basic Books\,\n2010)\, Fundamentals of E
 nvironmental and\nUrban Economics (e-book\, 2016)\,\nand&nbsp\;\nBlue Skie
 s over Beijing: Economic Growth and the Environment in China (joint\nwith 
 Siqi\nZheng) (Princeton U Press\, 2016).\nHis&nbsp\;research\, focusing on
  environmental and urban economics\,\nhas been published in top\neconomics
  journals. \n\n
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SUMMARY:Trade\, Development and Political Economy: Blue Skies Over Beijing 
 - Economic Growth and the Environment 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>\n\n</p><p><b></b></p><p>\n\n</p><p><b>Blue
 \nSkies Over Beijing:&nbsp\;Economic\nGrowth and the Environment (<i>TDPE 
 Public Lecture</i>)</b></p>\n\n <p>\n\n</p><p> <br></p><p><b>Prof.\nMatthe
 w E. Kahn </b>will discuss his 2016 Princeton\nUniversity Press book\, <i>
 Blue Skies over Beijing: Economic\nGrowth and the Environment </i>(joint w
 ith Siqi\nZheng).&nbsp\; This book studies the causes and\nconsequences of
  urban China's local and global pollution challenges.&nbsp\; It then discu
 sses the political-economy\nquestion of whether local mayors and the Centr
 al Government have strong\nincentives to tackle the pollution challenge.&n
 bsp\;\n</p><p><br></p>\n\n<p>\n\n</p><p><b>Matthew E.\nKahn</b>\,\nPhD (Ch
 icago)&nbsp\;is Professor of Economics at\nthe University of Southern Cali
 fornia\, and a research associate at\nthe&nbsp\;National Bureau of Economi
 c Research.&nbsp\;He\nis the author of\n<i>&nbsp\;Green Cities:&nbsp\;Urba
 n Growth and the\nEnvironment</i> (Brookings\, 2006)\, &nbsp\;<i>Heroes an
 d Cowards: The Social Face of War </i>(joint\nwith Dora Costa) (Princeton 
 U.\nPress 2009)\, <i>Climatopolis</i>\n(Basic Books\,\n2010)\, <i>Fundamen
 tals of Environmental and\nUrban Economics </i>(e-book\, 2016)\,\nand&nbsp
 \;<i>\nBlue Skies over Beijing: Economic Growth and the Environment in Chi
 na </i>(joint\nwith Siqi\nZheng) (Princeton U Press\, 2016).\nHis&nbsp\;re
 search\, focusing on environmental and urban economics\,\nhas been publish
 ed in top\neconomics journals. </p>\n\n
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