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Does innovative city pilot policy improve carbon reduction? Quasi-experimental evidence from China.
Fan, Mengmeng; Zhang, Zhenhua; Wei, Yigang; Sun, Shuo.
Affiliation
  • Fan M; School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China.
  • Zhang Z; School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China. Electronic address: zhangzhenhua@lzu.edu.cn.
  • Wei Y; School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
  • Sun S; The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Environ Res ; 262(Pt 1): 119748, 2024 Aug 05.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39111650
ABSTRACT
A new direction for China in exploring sustainable development is the Innovative City Pilot Policy (ICPP), which provides policy guidance for accelerating carbon peaking and carbon neutrality by reducing carbon emissions. With data from 282 cities spanning 2006-2018, this paper examines ICPP's effect on carbon intensity (CI) through a multi-period difference-in-differences (DID) model, as well as exploring the mediating effect, moderating effect, heterogeneity, and spatial spillover effects. The results show that ICPP reduces CI significantly by enhancing technology innovation (TI), and when industrial structure (IS) is added, the effect of ICPP is expanded. The ICPP gains additional advantages in reducing CI by optimizing the efficiency of resource allocation (ERA). Compared with the concentration of human capital (HCL), the amount of scientific research institutes (SRI) has a slightly greater moderating effect. ICPP impacts considering location, size, and hierarchy heterogeneity. ICPP has a greater impact on mitigating CI in the western, larger size, and provincial capital cities. There are positive spillover effects of the ICPP on neighboring CI. To support the idea that ICPP can effectively contribute to CI reduction, this paper provides empirical evidence and theoretical guidelines.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Environ Res Year: 2024 Document type: Article Affiliation country:

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Environ Res Year: 2024 Document type: Article Affiliation country: