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Environmental Regulation and Competitiveness : Empirical Evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from European Manufacturing Sectors
Rubashkina, Yana - 2014
environmental regulation on innovation and on productivity generally in separate analyses and mostly focusing on the USA. The few … performance indicators such as exports. We instead look at overall innovation and productivity impact that are the most relevant … with most of the literature. On the other front, we find no evidence in favor or against the “strong” PH, as productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046386
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Copenhagen and Beyond : Reflections on China’s Stance and Responses
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2010
China had been singled out by Western politicians and media for dragging its feet on international climate negotiations at Copenhagen, the accusations previously always targeted on the U.S. To put such a criticism into perspective, this paper provides some reflections on China's stance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138701
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Breaking the Impasse in International Climate Negotiations : A New Direction for Currently Flawed Negotiations and a Roadmap for China to 2050
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2011
China's unilateral pledge to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45 percent by 2020 relative to its 2005 levels raises both the stringency issue, and given that China's pledge is in the form of carbon intensity, reliability issues concerning China's statistics on energy and GDP. Moreover, as long as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123268
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Carbon-Based Border Tax Adjustments and China's International Trade : Analysis Based on a Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model
Tang, Ling - 2013
With large shares in global trade and carbon emissions, China's international trade is supposed to be significantly affected by the proposed carbon-based border tax adjustments (BTAs). This paper examines the impacts of BTAs imposed by the USA and EU on China's international trade, based on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085266
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Environmental and Technology Policy Options in the Electricity Sector : Interactions and Outcomes
Fischer, Carolyn - 2014
Myriad policy measures aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector, promote generation from … lower electricity prices Even with multiple market failures, emissions pricing remains the single most cost-effective option …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050924
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Programs, Prices and Policies Towards Energy Conservation and Environmental Quality in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2014
China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China's efforts towards energy conservation and environmental quality. The article discusses a variety of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051566
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Carbon Emissions Trading in China : The Evolution from Pilots to a Nationwide Scheme
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2015
The Chinese central government has approved the seven pilot carbon trading schemes. These seven pilot regions are deliberately selected to be at varying stages of development and are given considerable leeway to design their own schemes. These pilot trading schemes have features in common, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023478
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Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones : The Case of Carbon Trading in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2015
Putting a price on carbon is considered a crucial step for China's endeavor of harnessing the market forces to reduce its energy consumption and carbon emissions. Indeed, aligned with China's grand experiment with low-carbon provinces and low-carbon cities in six provinces and thirty-six cities,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026768
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The So2 Allowance Trading System and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 : Reflections on Twenty Years of Policy Innovation
Chan, Gabriel; Stavins, Robert N.; Stowe, Robert; … - 2013
The introduction of the U.S. SO2 allowance-trading program to address the threat of acid rain as part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 is a landmark event in the history of environmental regulation. The program was a great success by almost all measures. This paper, which draws upon a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014171785
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Impacts of Border Carbon Adjustments on China's Sectoral Emissions : Simulations with a Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model
Bao, Qin; Tang, Ling; Zhang, ZhongXiang; Qiao, Han; … - 2012
Carbon-based border tax adjustments (BTAs) have recently been proposed by some OECD countries to level the carbon playing field and target major emerging economies. This paper applies a multi-sector dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to estimate the impacts of the BTAs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014173819