The effectiveness of China's regional carbon market pilots in reducing firm emissions

J Cui, C Wang, J Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
China has implemented an emission trading system (ETS) to reduce its ever-increasing
greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining rapid economic growth. With low carbon …

Closing the energy efficiency gap—A systematic review of empirical articles on drivers to energy efficiency in manufacturing firms

MT Solnørdal, L Foss - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Research has identified an extensive potential for energy efficiency within the manufacturing
sector, which is responsible for a substantial share of global energy consumption and …

The impact of environmental regulation policy on firms' energy-saving behavior: a quasi-natural experiment based on China's low-carbon pilot city policy

Q Zhou, X Cui, H Ni, L Gong - Resources Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper explores the impact of environmental regulations on firms' energy-saving
behavior by employing a quasi-natural experiment—China's low-carbon pilot (LCP) city …

Economic growth model, structural transformation, and green productivity in China

K Li, B Lin - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigates the impacts of investment-driven economic growth model, as well as
rationalization and upgrading of the industrial structure on green productivity in 30 Chinese …

Environmental regulation and green skills: an empirical exploration

F Vona, G Marin, D Consoli… - Journal of the Association …, 2018 - journals.uchicago.edu
This paper provides new evidence on the workplace skills most relevant in the transition
toward environmentally sustainable economies. Using a novel data-driven methodology, we …

The effect of tax incentives on energy intensity: Evidence from China's VAT reform

Q Zhou, T Li, L Gong - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper examines the effect of how firms' energy intensity is affected by China's value-
added tax reform, which provides permanent tax incentives for firms to invest in fixed assets …

How important are perceived barriers and drivers versus other contextual factors for the adoption of energy efficiency measures: An empirical investigation in …

N Hrovatin, E Cagno, J Dolšak, J Zorić - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines determinants of adoption of energy-efficiency measures (EEMs) in
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector, where the energy …

Green cloud? An empirical analysis of cloud computing and energy efficiency

J Park, K Han, B Lee - Management Science, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
The rapid, widespread adoption of cloud computing over the last decade has sparked
debates on its environmental impacts. Given that cloud computing alters the dynamics of …

Energy management in manufacturing: Toward eco-factories of the future–A focus group study

G May, B Stahl, M Taisch - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The integration of environmental sustainability and eco-efficiency has been recognized as a
means to foster economic and environmental performance, increase competitiveness and …

CEO education and corporate environmental footprint

MD Amore, M Bennedsen, B Larsen… - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
We analyze the effect of CEO education on environmental decision-making. Using a unique
sample of Danish firms from 1996 to 2012, we find that CEO education significantly improves …