GX & Decarbonization Research

Yalin Huang

This study uses a multi-case comparison of three Chinese firms to analyze how provincial dual-carbon policy mixes (regulatory constraints, market incentives, innovation guidance) drive corporate green transition. Findings show that differen…

Ruining Zhang, Hui Li, You Zhou +2

This paper analyzes fiscal support design for residential energy transition from a central-local government perspective. It examines intergovernmental coordination mechanisms and effective subsidy frameworks, contributing to improved policy…

Yu‐Xuan Xiao, Hao Wang, Li-Jing Liu +5

This study develops an integrated Energy-Economy-Air Quality-Health framework to simulate 14 policy scenarios from 2020 to 2050 in China. Coordinated strategies reduce CO2 and pollutants by 75% relative to 2020, avoiding over 500,000 premat…

Okleigh Archer

This paper examines the role of public procurement policy in driving low-carbon concrete adoption, focusing on the U.S. Buy Clean California Act (BCCA). It analyzes how Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and Global Warming Potential …

Wenju Wang, Yiming Li

This study uses panel data from 30 Chinese provinces (2006-2024) to analyze how urban-rural integration promotes low-carbon economic development. Results show integration significantly boosts low-carbon growth, especially in eastern and les…

Hongyun Zhao, Jiawei Liu, Tingting Bai +4

This paper causally estimates the cooling effects of China's low-carbon city policy on satellite-derived urban heat islands. The policy is shown to reduce urban surface temperatures, demonstrating co-benefits of climate mitigation policies …

Yunchang Wang, Yanjun Ren, Jieyu Yang +2

This study evaluates the effect of China's low-carbon city pilot policy on urban household energy consumption structure. Results show a shift from coal to cleaner energy in pilot cities, demonstrating policy effectiveness.

Liu Yang, Yuping Wu

This study uses text-mining to analyze the central-local synergy and thematic evolution of China's green and low-carbon energy policies. It reveals how central and local policies interact and how policy themes have evolved over time based o…

Pingchuan Dong, Wen Yue

This study examines the impact of China's low-carbon city pilot policy on urban economic resilience using a difference-in-differences approach. Analyzing panel data from 270 Chinese cities from 2005-2020, it finds that low-carbon city devel…

Jianyang Lei, Huanhuan Yang, Fangfang Wang

This study analyzes the impact of China's Low-Carbon City pilot policy on income inequality. Using city-level data, it finds that the policy may increase inequality in the short term, while also highlighting potential long-term environmenta…

Ziyu Liu, Yunlong Nie

Using panel data of 282 Chinese cities from 2009-2021, this study examines the impact of the Low-Carbon City Pilot policy on total factor carbon productivity (TFCP). The policy significantly improves TFCP, with mechanisms including technolo…

Jiong Wu

This paper constructs a multi-source data mining framework for provincial energy, industry, economy, and carbon indicators. It encodes 26 indicators from 30 regions (2011-2023) into standardized time sequences. A coupled identification modu…

Jiaomei Tang, Wen Gao, Yayun Ren

This study empirically examines the unintended co-benefits of China's Low-Carbon City Pilot Policy on smart manufacturing adoption among listed firms from 2007 to 2023. Using staggered difference-in-differences, it finds significant promoti…

Liu Wenjun, Liu Xingcheng

This dataset supplements a study on the green innovation effect of China's dual pilots for low-carbon and innovative cities. It includes variable definitions and robustness test results, providing additional evidence for evaluating the syne…

Mingtao Gao, Ubair Nisar, Cheng Li +3

This study uses fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis to examine how agricultural infrastructure configurations affect carbon intensity across 30 Chinese provinces. It identifies two main pathways to low-carbon food systems: scale expa…

Wenwen Song, Yonghui Tang, Yusuo Li +1

Using panel data from 31 Chinese provinces (2010-2023), this study finds that digital technology significantly reduces agricultural carbon emission intensity, with effects mediated through strengthened environmental regulation and improved …

Yuren Qian, Jiahan Hu, Bingnan Guo +2

This paper estimates the causal impact of China's Low-Carbon City Pilot Scheme (LCCPS) on urban energy intensity using a partially linear double/debiased machine learning framework with panel data from 273 Chinese cities (2006-2021). It fin…

Pramit Chandra Rout, Rubi Talukdar, Prabir Kumar Pattnaik +2

This paper examines the role of environmental law and climate governance in India's low-carbon transition, focusing on policy instruments, sectoral interventions, and emission decoupling. It assesses the effectiveness of India's climate pol…

Huihui Tian

This study constructs a green and low-carbon consumption indicator system under China's dual carbon goals, using fuzzy AHP and spatial autocorrelation analysis. It finds that technological innovation and talent introduction have positive sp…

Hong Zang, Yuqing Sun, Lue Li +1

This study uses a quasi-experimental design to examine the impact of GDP-centric growth (GDPism) on low-carbon development in China. Findings provide insights into the trade-offs between economic growth and environmental policy, offering im…