Our analysis is the first of its kind to explore patterns of subsidization and CO2 emissions in China’s electricity … producing sector. Applying data for all power plants across China and controlling for the age, capacity and location of … disproportionate share of CO2 emissions. This distortion is incongruent with China’s aspiration for a greener economy but may be …

condition of the local state in China. The argument put forward in this paper is that because of limited state capacity at the … creative and ad-hoc strategies to fill in the national level policy gap at the local level. -- China ; local state ; policy …

condition of the local state in China. The argument put forward in this paper is that because of limited state capacity at the …

China’s energy-service companies (ESCOs) have developed only modestly despite favorable political and market conditions …. We argue that with sophisticated market institutions still evolving in China, trust-based relations between ESCOs and … relations has serious limitations and is unlikely to lead to large-scale implementation of energy efficiency projects in China …

To gain institutional and technical know-how for a national carbon market, since 2013 China has experimented with eight …