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The Impact of Local Government's Expenditure on Air Quality in Korea

지방정부의 대기환경예산 지출이 대기오염 정도에 미치는 영향

  • Kwon, Hye Yeon (Graduate School of Policy Administration, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jung, Chang Hoon (Department of Health Management, Kyungin Women's University) ;
  • Kim, Yong Pyo (Department of Chemical Engineering & Material Science, Ewha Womans University)
  • 권혜연 (서울대학교 행정대학원) ;
  • 정창훈 (경인여자대학교 보건의료관리과) ;
  • 김용표 (이화여자대학교 화학신소재공학과)
  • Received : 2016.09.30
  • Accepted : 2016.11.24
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

In this study, we attempt to provide empirical evidence for the effect of the expenditure of the local governments on the air quality management. Based on the statistical data, the concentrations of air pollutants including $PM_{10}$, $O_3$, and $NO_2$ were analyzed in accordance with local characteristics of the local governments' environmental expenditure, demographic characteristics, and economic and human resources between 2008 and 2014. The results showed that government spending is estimated to have insignificant impact on air pollutants concentration. All these results are consistently corroborated from the analysis based on different alternative measure of local governments' expenditure (budget composition and measure of expenditure residuals). Subsequently, this study implies that environmental expenditures of local governments have not been effectively enforced to enhance the air quality of the region in Korea.

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