China's pathway to a low carbon economy

W Yang, R Zhao, X Chuai, L Xiao, L Cao… - Carbon balance and …, 2019 - Springer
Climate change has emerged as one of the most important environmental issues worldwide.
As the world's biggest developing country, China is participating in combating climate …

Energy crisis in Bangladesh: Challenges, progress, and prospects for alternative energy resources

MS Islam, AQ Al-Amin, MSK Sarkar - Utilities Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Providing uninterrupted and reliable electricity to all at an affordable price is a major
undertaking for the governments of increasingly energy-hungry countries. This study …

An analysis of China's energy policy from 1981 to 2020: Transitioning towards to a diversified and low-carbon energy system

L Guilhot - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Looking back at four decades of China's energy policy (1981–2020), three momentous shifts
can be said to have taken place. From the Sixth Five-Year Plan (1981) to the Ninth Five-Year …

Impact of energy conservation policies on the green productivity in China's manufacturing sector: Evidence from a three-stage DEA model

K Li, B Lin - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
This study introduces an improved Malmquist–Luenberger productivity index to measure the
green productivity growth of China's manufacturing sector during the 11th Five-Year Period …

The green innovation effect of urban energy saving construction: A quasi-natural experiment from new energy demonstration city policy

M Chen, Y Su, Z Piao, J Zhu, X Yue - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy-saving construction has promoted the sustainable development of cities and is an
important measure to achieve carbon neutrality and peak carbon. This paper uses the …

Barriers to increasing energy efficiency: evidence from small-and medium-sized enterprises in China

G Kostka, U Moslener, J Andreas - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes financial, informational and organizational barriers to energy efficiency
investments for small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China. Its findings are based …

Green transition, industrial policy, and economic development

R Kemp, B Never - Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2017 - academic.oup.com
This paper outlines possibilities for a green industrial policy with particular emphasis on
developing countries. The question of green industrial policy is investigated by examining …

Central protectionism in China: The “central SOE problem” in environmental governance

S Eaton, G Kostka - The China Quarterly, 2017 - cambridge.org
This article examines the so-called “central State Owned Enterprise (SOE) problem” in
China's environmental governance system, namely central SOEs' defiance of environmental …

The impact of energy regulation on energy intensity and energy structure: Firm-level evidence from China

D Chen, S Chen, H Jin, Y Lu - China Economic Review, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we empirically investigate the impact of energy regulation on manufacturing
firms' energy intensity and energy structure during 2003–2009. The identification uses the …

Impact of energy technology patents in China: Evidence from a panel cointegration and error correction model

K Li, B Lin - Energy Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Enhancing energy technology innovation performance, which is widely measured by energy
technology patents through energy technology research and development (R&D) activities …