Abstract:The management of growth targets drives China's rapid economic expansion and leads to potential carbon emission externalities. This paper empirically investigates the impact of economic growth target setting on carbon emission performance using panel data from 257 Chinese localities between 2004 and 2020. The analysis is conducted using 2SLS instrumental variable regression, cluster standard error regression, and the spatial Durbin model. The empirical findings indicate that local economic growth targets condi… Show more
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