From 2013 to 2015, China established nationwide air quality monitoring stations, beginning to release real-time air pollution information to the public. This policy of releasing air pollution information provides access to the government and the public so that they can supervise air quality....

From 2013 to 2015, China gradually established nationwide air quality monitoring stations, and began to release real-time air pollution information to the public. We exploit the step-by-step environmental regulation across cities to identify the effects of information disclosure on air...