讲座题目：Mass Media, Information and Demand for Environmental Quality: Evidence from “Under the Dome”

　　报告人： 罗子俊 (Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University)

　　报告时间：2018年6月7日(周四)下午 14：30点

　　报告地点：经管院A204

　　主办单位：数理经济与数理金融系，主持人：崔静波

　　摘要:This research estimates the effect of mass media on the public’s willingness to pay (WTP) for better environmental quality. The analysis exploits the exogenous shock of the environmental documentary “Under the Dome” with a regression discontinuity design using its unexpected release as the assignment, and the number of days away from the release date as the running variable. Using one-year survey dada in Nanjing China, the analysis shows that “Under the Dome” significantly increased people WTP for environmental quality by 21.6%, which represent CNY 1097 per capita increment for WTP in average. Further analysis suggests that mass media affects WTP by increasing the public’s awareness of environmental pollution and risk perception. Our results also found the effect of documentary would exist within long-term.

　　简介: 罗子俊，美国萨姆休斯顿州立大学助理教授，2012年博士毕业于美国堪萨斯州立大学，先后在China Economic Review、Journal of Industrial Economics、Journal of Population Economics、Economic Inquiry、Defence and Peace Economics、和Pacific Economic Review等国际学术期刊发表多篇论文。