Can low-carbon city construction reduce carbon intensity? Empirical evidence from low-carbon city pilot policy in China

S Zeng, G Jin, K Tan, X Liu - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Low-carbon city pilot policy (LCCP) is an innovative initiative for promoting low-carbon
transformation and green development in China, which is of great practical significance for …

Can low-carbon pilot policies improve the efficiency of urban carbon emissions?——A quasi-natural experiment based on 282 prefecture-level cities across China

J Wang, Z Song, Y Zhang, RY Hussain - Plos One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Low-carbon pilot policies are an important way to achieve the goal of" peak carbon
neutrality" and are of great significance to China's international commitments. Based on a …

Impact of voluntary environmental regulation on green technological innovation: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing enterprises

GQ Nie, YF Zhu, WP Wu, WH Xie… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Can voluntary environmental regulation play a major role in the transformation of traditional
environmental regulation; undertake the task of improving the flexibility, autonomy, and …

Innovation-driven development and urban carbon emission reduction: a quasi-natural experiment in China

L Fang, H Tang, M Mou - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Constructing a quasi-natural experiment based on China's National Independent Innovation
Demonstration Zone (NIDZ) pilot, this study applies the time-varying difference-in …

The impact of low-carbon city pilot policy on green total-factor productivity in China's cities

KL Wang, J Li, RY Xu, SQ Pang, Z Miao… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Whether the low-carbon city construction can coordinate urban economy and environment
has attracted increasing attention in recent years. In this study, the impact of low-carbon city …

Economic growth targets and green technology innovation: Mechanism and evidence from China

P Sun, J Di, C Yuan, X Li - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Economic growth target management is a government behavior that the authorities
formulate at a specific time and direct the allocation of resources. Despite the importance of …

Does the low-carbon city pilot policy achieve the synergistic effect of pollution and carbon reduction?

H Wang, K Gu, F Dong, H Sun - Energy & Environment, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
A scientific assessment of the synergistic effect of the low-carbon city pilot policy in reducing
air pollution and carbon emissions is needed to promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality …

Can anti-corruption induce green technology innovation? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment of China

C Nie, Y Zhou, Y Feng - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Green technology innovation shoulders the dual task of green development and innovation
leading. It is an inevitable choice for China to achieve the carbon peak and neutrality goal …

The spatial spillover effect of low-carbon city pilot scheme on green efficiency in China's cities: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment

L Chen, K Wang - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
To test the direct effect (impact on local) and indirect effect (spatial spillover) of low-carbon
city pilot scheme (LCCPS) on China's cities' green efficiency, this paper first calculates and …

The impact of local government competition and green technology innovation on economic low-carbon transition: new insights from China

Y Xu, W Ge, G Liu, X Su, J Zhu, C Yang, X Yang… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The government-led Chinese economic development system determines that local
government competition is a significant factor affecting the economic low-carbon transition …