The Impact of China’s Low-Carbon City Pilot Policy on Reduction of Carbon Emissions

Estimation and Analysis Based on Panel Data of 275 Cities

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220502.094How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Low-Carbon City Pilot Policy; Carbon Emission; Emission Peak; DID

Abstract

Are rigid constraints are necessary to meet carbon reduction targets? The study used data from 275 prefecture-level cities in China from 2006 to 2016 to establish a two-way fixed-effect DID model that passed the parallel trend test, heterogeneity analysis, and robustness test to investigate the impact of a typical weak incentive policy, China’s low-carbon city pilot policies implemented in 2010 and 2012. This method assesses the pilot policy’s effectiveness as well as any interfering elements. First, a national low-carbon policy can dramatically reduce carbon emissions, according to the study. Second, the pilot batch and pilot scope result in heterogeneity in implementation effect. Last, by adding the quadratic term into the model, Gdp and second industrial output indicate an “inverted U-shaped” relationship with carbon emission, which verified the “Environmental Kuznets Curve(EKC)”.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yichen Shi
AU  - Taizhe Huang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/05/16
TI  - The Impact of China’s Low-Carbon City Pilot Policy on Reduction of Carbon Emissions
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Economy（UPRE 2022）
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 529
EP  - 534
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220502.094
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220502.094
ID  - Shi2022
ER  -