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DOI	10.1016/j.spc.2022.07.002
	Going carbon-neutral in China: Does the low-carbon city pilot policy improve carbon emission efficiency
	Zhang, Hua; Feng, Chao; Zhou, Xiaoxiao
发表日期	2022
ISSN	2352-5509
起始页码	312
结束页码	329
卷号	33
英文摘要	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 so far. Despite the large-scale construction of low-carbon cities, we still know little about whether they could effectively improve carbon emission efficiency (CEE). Using a dataset of 285 cities in China spanning 2003-2018, we exploit variation across cities and over-time in implementing the LCCP policy to examine the impact of such policy on CEE. Our difference-in-differences (DID) estimates document that the LCCP policy resulted in a 2.04 % increase in CEE in pilot cities relative to non-pilot cities after the policy implementation. This policy effect is sustainable and strengthens over time. Our mechanism analysis further reveals that carbon emission reduction is the primary driver of the improvement in CEE, which is achieved through reducing scale effect, optimizing structure effect and promoting technique ef-fect. Finally, the LCCP policy effect is more pronounced in eastern, western, non-mineral resource-based, and high innovation level cities. We find convincing evidence on the effectiveness of government-led LCC policy in a de-veloping country. (c) 2022 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Carbon neutrality; Low-carbon city; Carbon emission ef ficiency; Difference-in-differences; China
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Studies
WOS类目	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) ; Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
WOS记录号	WOS:000838132400007
来源期刊	SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/280974
作者单位	Nanjing Audit University; Chongqing University; Anhui University of Finance & Economics
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Hua,Feng, Chao,Zhou, Xiaoxiao. Going carbon-neutral in China: Does the low-carbon city pilot policy improve carbon emission efficiency[J],2022,33.
APA	Zhang, Hua,Feng, Chao,&Zhou, Xiaoxiao.(2022).Going carbon-neutral in China: Does the low-carbon city pilot policy improve carbon emission efficiency.SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION,33.
MLA	Zhang, Hua,et al."Going carbon-neutral in China: Does the low-carbon city pilot policy improve carbon emission efficiency".SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION 33(2022).