Does China's low-carbon city pilot intervention limit electricity consumption? An analysis of industrial energy efficiency using time-varying DID model

Yang, Shubo; Jahanger, Atif; Hossain, Mohammad Razib

doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106636

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“…Furthermore, academics have suggested that entrepreneurial ecosystems and innovation ecosystems emphasize the influence of environmental factors on corporate innovation and entrepreneurship, such as financial support, human resources, the political environment, and the rule of law environment (Jahanger, Chishti, et al, 2022;Jahanger, Usman, et al, 2022;Nasiri et al, 2022). Individuals within the system need a continuous supply of these resources to sustain the ecosystem (Yang et al, 2023b). The study's definition of the business environment is obtained from the perspective of the ecosystem.…”

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Evaluation and optimization of business environment based on sustainable development perspective: Exploring the role of the reform of government functions

Yin

Yuan

Zhou

2023

Sustainable Development

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The existing research on the business environment index system has a single viewpoint, which can hardly reflect the requirements of SDGs on the business environment. Few studies have focused on the “front end” factors determining the business environment. Based on panel data from 2011 to 2020, this study measures the business environment in 275 Chinese cities and uses the ArcGIS software and Natural Breaks (Jenks) to examine its spatiotemporal characteristics. The PSM‐DID model is utilized to examine the policy implications of the reform of government functions on the business environment. The findings demonstrate that China's urban business environment's total score has risen, and its geographic characteristics are “strong in the east and weak in the west.” Among the various sub‐dimensions of the business environment, the largest contribution is the infrastructure environment, followed by the rule of law environment. The reform of government functions can improve the business environment from the second year onward. Regional and city‐level heterogeneities exist in the effects of the reform of government functions on the business environment. In addition, informatization level, population density, and consumption level can optimize the business environment. This study provides a guide for accelerating the creation of a marketized, legalized, international, and sustainable business environment.

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Evaluation and optimization of business environment based on sustainable development perspective: Exploring the role of the reform of government functions

Yin

Yuan

Zhou

2023

Sustainable Development

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“…Referring to relevant studies (Liu et al, 2022; Yang et al, 2023), we adopt the time‐varying DID method to establish model (3) to test the impact of NEV pilot projects on urban CO 2 emissions.

{CO}_{2 it} goodbreak= α_{1} goodbreak+ α_{2} {Treat}_{i} goodbreak\times {Post}_{it} goodbreak+ αX goodbreak+ μ_{i} goodbreak+ δ_{t} goodbreak+ ε_{it}

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“…Referring to relevant studies (Liu et al, 2022;Yang et al, 2023), we adopt the time-varying DID method to establish model (3) to test the impact of NEV pilot projects on urban CO 2 emissions.…”

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Low‐carbon sustainable development driven by new energy vehicle pilot projects in China: Effects, mechanisms, and spatial spillovers

Cheng,

Xiong

2023

Sustainable Development

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The transport sector, as one of the major carbon‐emitting industries, is under great pressure to reduce carbon emissions against the backdrop of low‐carbon sustainable development. The new energy vehicle (NEV) pilot projects provide an opportunity for China to make strides towards Dual Carbon targets. Based on the panel data of 277 cities in China from 2000 to 2019, this study acquires the time‐varying difference‐in‐difference (DID) method to evaluate the impact of NEV pilot projects on urban CO2 emissions, including the mechanisms, heterogeneity, and spatial spillover effect. The conclusions are as follows. The NEV pilot projects achieve co‐benefits in reducing the total amount and intensity of urban CO2 emissions. The mechanism analysis shows that the NEV pilot projects reduce CO2 emissions by improving energy consumption structure and increasing electric busses. For pilot cities with different resource endowments and traffic pressures, the carbon reduction effects in non‐resource‐based cities and license plate‐restricted cities are more effective. Moreover, considering the geographical distance factor, the NEV pilot projects only have spatial spillover effects on the intensity of CO2 emissions in neighboring cities. These results contribute to clarifying the carbon reduction potential of NEVs and providing references for other developing countries to carry out decarbonization in the transportation industry.

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“…The United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals prioritize addressing ecological degradation, highlighting the urgent need for environmental sustainability to achieve global sustainable development (Alam et al, 2022; Bilgili et al, 2021). However, numerous threats such as climate change and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the attainment of these goals (Liao et al, 2019; Liu, Khan, et al, 2022; Magazzino & Mele, 2022; Matar et al, 2023; Yang et al, 2023b; Usman et al, 2022). Sustainability is a broad notion that includes three pillars: economic, social, and environmental sustainability (IPCC, 2019).…”

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Greening the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) economies: Assessing the impact of electricity consumption, natural resources, and renewable energy on environmental footprint

Jahanger

Awan

Anwar

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Natural Resources Forum

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Electricity consumption is a crucial factor in the environmental pollution process, and therefore, its impact needs to be carefully considered by policymakers. This study investigates the relationship between energy consumption, electricity generation, natural resource utilization, and environmental pollution in BRICS nations, which have a substantial share in global resource consumption. To this end, we employed a novel methodology, namely the Method of Moment Quantile Regression (MMQR), for the time period between 1990 and 2018, within the framework of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) theory. The study's outcome shows that natural resources and renewable energy are efficacious and significant in curbing environmental degradation among the sample countries. The investigation reveals a positive correlation between electricity consumption and environmental degradation, thereby highlighting this vital resource's role in exacerbating the BRICS nations’ ecological footprint. The findings from this research can provide crucial insights for policymakers to achieve sustainable development and carbon neutrality in these countries.

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Does China's low-carbon city pilot intervention limit electricity consumption? An analysis of industrial energy efficiency using time-varying DID model

Cited by 80 publications

References 88 publications

Evaluation and optimization of business environment based on sustainable development perspective: Exploring the role of the reform of government functions

Evaluation and optimization of business environment based on sustainable development perspective: Exploring the role of the reform of government functions

Low‐carbon sustainable development driven by new energy vehicle pilot projects in China: Effects, mechanisms, and spatial spillovers

Greening the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) economies: Assessing the impact of electricity consumption, natural resources, and renewable energy on environmental footprint

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