烟雾背后的真相：野火烟霾与工业污染
发布时间：2025-10-16
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2025-10-17 (星期五) 10:30 上午
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12:00 下午
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教学综合楼A，501教室
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| 标题 | 烟雾背后的真相：野火烟霾与工业污染 |
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2025年10月17日（周五） 10:30-12:00 |
| 地点 | 教学综合楼A，501教室 |
| 主讲人 |
Michael Shen教授 香港城市大学 |
| 摘要 | We study whether industrial plants exploit wildfire smoke episodes as cover to increase emissions. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that relative to air quality monitors without proximate industrial plants, those located near industrial plants record a significantly larger increase in SO₂ concentrations from non-smoke to smoke days, consistent with plants strategically timing emissions to coincide with wildfire smoke. At the same time, satellite-based thermal infrared radiation indicates intensified plant activity, pointing to opportunistic increases in production rather than coincidental factors. The emission response to wildfire smoke vanishes on weekends and holidays but is stronger among plants with more flexible production capacity or operating in financially distressed industries, reinforcing the role of deliberate operational choices under economic incentives. Moreover, the extent of the response is affected by local regulatory monitoring, suggesting that enforcement capacities moderate firms’ incentives to pollute strategically. Overall, our findings reveal that wildfires not only degrade air quality directly but also create opportunities for industrial polluters to conceal emissions, underscoring the need for regulatory frameworks that anticipate and deter such opportunistic behavior. |
| 主讲人简介 | Michael Shen现任香港城市大学会计系助理教授。他先后获得中国人民大学会计学学士与硕士学位，并在密歇根州立大学取得会计学博士学位。他的研究主要集中在三个方面：企业在人力资本（如人工智能、ESG）方面的投资如何影响经营绩效和管理行为，社会与环境政策如何塑造企业与个人的决策，以及企业不当行为与财务虚报如何影响组织及员工的劳动市场结果。他的研究成果已在《Management Science》,《Review of Accounting Studies》,《Contemporary Accounting Research》等学术期刊上发表或被有条件接收。 |
