Political connections and corporate carbon emission: New evidence from Chinese industrial firms

Z Wang, H Fu, X Ren - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2023 - Elsevier
The promotion of green and sustainable development is an important global issue. We
investigate the relationship between firm political connections (PCF) and carbon emissions …

Government environmental attention and carbon emissions governance: Firm-level evidence from China

X Liu, J Cifuentes-Faura, S Zhao, L Wang - Economic Analysis and Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change induced by carbon emissions has received extensive global attention.
However, with the ever-increasing environmental attention from governments, whether firms …

Research on the impact mechanism of heterogeneous environmental regulation on enterprise green technology innovation

L Wang, Y Long, C Li - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Green technology innovation (GTI) is an effective way to promote the green development of
economy, and government environmental regulations are an important means to encourage …

China's agricultural green total factor productivity based on carbon emission: an analysis of evolution trend and influencing factors

D Liu, X Zhu, Y Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
China's economy is currently moving from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-
quality development. Agricultural green total factor productivity is of great significance for …

The role of information and communication technology on green total factor energy efficiency: does environmental regulation work?

Y Hao, Y Guo, H Wu - Business Strategy and the Environment, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
China is gradually changing its pursuit of rapid economic growth into a pursuit of economic
development quality. In this context, whether “cyberpower” and “digital China” strategies are …

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 …

How do environmental regulation and foreign investment behavior affect green productivity growth in the industrial sector? An empirical test based on Chinese …

S Qiu, Z Wang, S Geng - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the impact of environmental regulations (ERs) and foreign direct
investment (FDI) on the green total factor productivity (GTFP) of the industrial sectors in 30 …

Environmental regulation and its influence on energy-environmental performance: evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from China's iron and steel industry

R Wu, B Lin - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental regulation is a critical instrument for achieving sustainable economic and
social development in the context of carbon neutrality. The iron and steel industry is highly …

Implementation of enterprises' green technology innovation under market-based environmental regulation: An evolutionary game approach

M Li, X Gao - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
With the increasing carbon neutral targets claimed by responsible countries, many research
has been done to investigate the impact of environmental regulation on green technology …

Blessing or curse? Market-driven environmental regulation and enterprises' total factor productivity: Evidence from China's carbon market pilots

C Bai, H Liu, R Zhang, C Feng - Energy Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
This study explores the question of whether building a unified carbon market is a blessing or
a curse for enterprises in China under the background of global carbon emission reduction …