Exploring the nonlinear association between environmental regulation and carbon intensity in China: The mediating effect of green technology

G Yang, D Zha, X Wang, Q Chen - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental regulation and green technology are important to mitigate global warming,
whereas few studies explored the role of green technology in environmental regulation on …

A bibliometric analysis of research on carbon tax from 1989 to 2014

K Zhang, Q Wang, QM Liang, H Chen - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
As one of the most cost-effective means of emission reduction, carbon tax has attracted
considerable attention from economists and international organizations and has led to a …

China's efforts towards carbon neutrality: does energy-saving and emission-reduction policy mitigate carbon emissions?

T Xu, C Kang, H Zhang - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
To achieve green and low-carbon development, the Chinese government has selected pilot
cities to implement the energy-saving and emission-reduction (ESER) policy in three …

Environmental regulation and carbon emissions: New mechanisms in game theory

Y Cao, W Ren, L Yue - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
The effective implementation of environmental regulations is crucial for mitigating
environmental pollution. During the regulatory process, local governments engage in an …

How does heterogeneous environmental regulation affect net carbon emissions: Spatial and threshold analysis for China

X Huang, P Tian - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The Chinese government has made great efforts in air pollutant reduction and carried out
strict regulation policies. Since numerous air pollutants and CO 2 tend to have the same …

Effects of environmental regulation on CO2 emissions: An empirical analysis of 282 cities in China

H Wang, R Zhang - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper takes 282 cities in China from 2003 to 2016 as research samples, uses the
system-generalised method of moments (GMM) and dynamic panel model to analyse the …

How do energy consumption and environmental regulation affect carbon emissions in China? New evidence from a dynamic threshold panel model

H Wu, L Xu, S Ren, Y Hao, G Yan - Resources Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Energy and environmental issues have already become two serious threats to China's
sustainable development. In this study, the relationship between energy consumption …

How do low-carbon city pilots affect carbon emissions? Staggered difference in difference evidence from Chinese firms

X Hou, Q Hu, X Liang, J Xu - Economic Analysis and Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
We employ firm-level tax survey data and a staggered difference-in-differences to evaluate
how China's low-carbon city pilots (LCCP) affects CO 2 emissions. Results show a 30 …

The effect of innovation-driven development on pollution reduction: Empirical evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China

K Gao, Y Yuan - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2021 - Elsevier
Under the dual pressures of slowing economic growth and increasing environmental
pollution in China, there is no doubt that relying on innovation to promote pollution reduction …

Environmental regulation and carbon emission: The mediation effect of technical efficiency

Y Pei, Y Zhu, S Liu, X Wang, J Cao - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
The mechanism of the environmental regulations affecting carbon emissions is complex,
and for many years it has been a hot research topic for researchers. However, few of the …