Scholars@Duke
Xiao Wang

Xiao Wang

Assistant Professor of Economics at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Selected Publications

Intra-firm pollution leakage and redistribution of pollution exposure: Evidence from coal-regulated plants in China

Journal Article Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · September 1, 2025 This paper examines the intra-firm pollution leakage and its distributional consequences on ambient PM2.5 induced by the Top 1000 energy conservation program on industrial plants in China. Using a combined data on plant-level pollution emissions, ambient P ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Value of Health Insurance during a Crisis: Effects of Medicaid Implementation on Pandemic Influenza Mortality

Journal Article Review of Economics and Statistics · September 6, 2024 AbstractThis paper studies how better access to public health insurance affects infant mortality during pandemics. The analysis combines cross-state variation in mandated eligibility for Medicaid with two in ... Full text Cite

Community Pressure and the Spatial Redistribution of Pollution: The Relocation of Toxic-Releasing Facilities

Journal Article Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists · May 1, 2021 Full text Cite

Recent Increases in Air Pollution: Evidence and Implications for Mortality

Journal Article Review of Environmental Economics and Policy · January 1, 2021 Full text Link to item Cite