The industrial sector is the key area for China to achieve the carbon peaking goals, as it accounts for more than 65 % and 70 % of the national total energy consumption and carbon emissions. However, the discussion on the time and route of carbon peak in China in the existing literature is still...

Although the innovation effects of carbon trading mechanism (CTM) have attracted considerable concern, there is still a lack of empirical research on how the CTM promotes the efficiency of green innovation in China. Therefore, this paper purposes to investigate how CTM affects the efficiency of...