A systematic review of climate policies in China: Evolution, effectiveness, and challenges

S Wu - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to its strong economic growth, coal-dominated energy structure, and enormous
emission base, China's climate policies are of global relevance and likely to determine the …

Green financing role on renewable energy dependence and energy transition in E7 economies

S Wang, L Sun, S Iqbal - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The study aims to inquire how green financing influence renewable energy dependence
and renewable energy transition in E7 settings. For this, the DEA estimation approach is …

Exploring the effects of energy quota trading policy on carbon emission efficiency: Quasi-experimental evidence from China

M Du, F Wu, D Ye, Y Zhao, L Liao - Energy Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Deepening the reform of energy market allocation is an endogenous motivation that strongly
supports carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. China launched a pilot policy of energy …

Porter in China: a quasi-experimental view of market-based environmental regulation effects on firm performance

Y Shang, N Schneider, J Cifuentes-Faura, X Zhao - Energy Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper exploits a natural Market-based Environmental Regulation (MER) experiment
(the 2007 Sulfur dioxide (SO 2) Emissions Trading Pilot (ETP) of the 11th five-year plan …

Evaluation of low carbon city pilot policy effect on carbon abatement in China: An empirical evidence based on time-varying DID model

X Liu, Y Li, X Chen, J Liu - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Cities play a pivotal role in promoting carbon emission reduction. Since 2010, the Chinese
government has developed several batches of low-carbon city pilots continuously. In this …

Does public participation promote environmental efficiency? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment of environmental information disclosure in China

H Zhang, T Xu, C Feng - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Previous literature on improving environmental efficiency largely focuses on the power of the
government, ignoring the role of public participation represented by environmental non …

Environmental regulation, technology innovation, and low carbon development: Revisiting the EKC Hypothesis, Porter Hypothesis, and Jevons' Paradox in China's …

X Wang, T Zhang, J Nathwani, F Yang… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
By comprehensively evaluating the potential effectiveness of environmental regulations and
technical innovation in facilitating emission reductions, this study highlights the complexity of …

Green innovation effect of emission trading policy on pilot areas and neighboring areas: An analysis based on the spatial econometric model

G Du, M Yu, C Sun, Z Han - Energy Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper takes China's pilot emission trading policy as a quasi-natural experiment to study
the green innovation effect. Based on the green patent data of listed companies in China …

Going carbon-neutral in China: Does the low-carbon city pilot policy improve carbon emission efficiency?

H Zhang, C Feng, X Zhou - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2022 - Elsevier
To combat climate change and move towards carbon neutrality, China has implemented the
low-carbon city pilot (LCCP) policy since 2010, with carrying out three batches of pilot cities …

Can carbon emission trading pilot policy drive industrial structure low-carbon restructuring: new evidence from China

B Shen, X Yang, Y Xu, W Ge, G Liu, X Su… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Industrial structure low-carbon restructuring is an essential channel to accelerate China's
economic growth and fulfilling carbon emission reduction goals. Whether carbon emission …