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This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European trading system of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the...
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methods and incorporates partial equilibrium, endogenous technological change and external costs related to regional pollution …
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development. However, massive air pollution in tourist hotspots such as Beijing was an important factor impeding tourists¡¦ inflow …¡¦s smog as a ¡§health crisis.¡¨ Though the Chinese government has undertaken numerous pollution-curbing measures, myriad … challenges hinder this exercise. Against this backdrop, this article provides a critique of the impact of pollution on China …
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China’s exceptional economic expansion has led to rising energy demand and pollution as well as other environmental … pressures. Strong efforts by the government have moderated emissions of some types of air and water pollution from high levels … other costs and reduce well-being. The 12th Five Year Plan aims at further reducing pollution and at other environmental …
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Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
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This paper examines the relationship between income, pollution, and mortality in China from 1991-2012. Using first … association between city-level particulate air pollution exposure and life expectancy that is driven by elevated cardiorespiratory … with health improvements, pollution has served as a countervailing force. …
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Purpose – The rapid economic growth of China has attracted the attention of economists, researchers and politicians. China is one of the largest economies in the world, with its gross domestic product (GDP) rising on an average above 9 percent. This economic growth is considered responsible...
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China has embarked on an ambitious and unprecedented programme of energy reform and climate change mitigation. Yet the motivations for this important shift remain unclear. This paper surveys key central government documents and articles by China's leading energy academics to investigate the...
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Government policies that are not intended to address environmental concerns can nonetheless distort prices and affect firms' emissions. We present an analytical general equilibrium model to study the effect of distortionary subsidies on factor prices and on environmental outcomes. We model an...
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