Did carbon dioxide emission regulations inhibit investments? A provincial panel analysis of China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
Jianping GeXiangrong Ma

Abstract

Investments, especially fixed asset investments, greatly affect carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. When investments are concentrated in regions with high CO2 emissions and high fossil energy consumption, the CO2 emission reduction targets in these areas are difficult to reach in the short term, and the cost of CO2 emission abatement is high. The current CO2 emission regulations focus on existing production activities and consumption behaviors. However, whether an investment, which may affect CO2 emissions in the long term, is effectively inhibited by CO2 emission regulations has not been investigated in previous studies. Using panel data from 30 provinces in China between 2003 and 2012, we tested whether the amount of provincial investment was constrained or promoted by the provincial CO2 emission regulations by creating a panel model with provincial samples. The results revealed that CO2 emission regulations did not inhibit the growth of an investment, but they stimulated investments to varying degrees in different provinces. A relatively positive result is that provinces with stronger CO2 emission regulations exhibited a relatively small contribution to investment promotion, while provinces with weaker CO2 reduction policies dem...Continue Reading

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Aug 21, 2019·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Xia ChenChun-Ping Chang
Jan 8, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Junjun ZhengYujie He

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