Impact of sulfur dioxide emissions trading pilot scheme on pollution emissions intensity: A study based on the synthetic control method

Chen, Jiandong; Huang, Shasha; Shen, Zhiyang; Zun-hong, Zhu

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112730

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“…Dong et al (2022) studied the impact of smart city construction on urban ecological total factor productivity using the synthetic control method. Chen et al (2022) studied the effect of a pilot sulfur dioxide emissions trading program on the intensity of pollution emissions using a synthetic control method. The DID method, also known as the "multiplicative difference method," is widely valued in the field of policy evaluation.…”

Section: Methodology Of Policy Effect Assessmentmentioning

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Can Sci-Tech Finance Pilot Policies Reduce Carbon Emissions? Evidence From 252 Cities in China

Guo

Ahmad

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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It is widely believed that science and technology (sci-tech) finance can pave the way to combat environmental degradation by promoting innovation in environment-related technologies. However, limited research is available to support this argument, and literature is silent on how sci-tech finance pilot policies influence carbon emissions in China. Therefore, this study investigates the impact of technology and financial integration pilot policy (TFIP) on carbon emissions and its dynamic effects, heterogeneity, and mechanisms in 252 cities in China. To do this, the yearly data from 2006 to 2019 were used in the propensity score matching–difference in differences (PSM-DID) method. The results unveiled that 1) the TFIP can effectively reduce the scale and intensity of carbon emissions in pilot cities. The TFIP shows a U-shaped distribution with CO2_Size and CO2_intensity, reaching a minimum in the fifth year. The TFIP has a lagging effect on carbon emissions, which significantly reduces carbon emissions in the second year. The robustness test verifies our conclusion. 2) The heterogeneity test results show that the effect of the TFIP is heterogeneous depending on the spatial and city attributes. The TFIP can effectively reduce carbon emissions in the eastern region and resource-based cities. However, in the central, western, and non-resource–based cities, the reduction effect of the TFIP is not obvious. 3) The impact mechanism finds that the TFIP reduces the scale of carbon emissions by enhancing the green innovation capacity and rationalizing the production structure in the pilot cities. Several policy recommendations are proposed based on the findings such as vigorous development of sci-tech finance to achieve sustainable development of the economy.

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Section: Methodology Of Policy Effect Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Sci-Tech Finance Pilot Policies Reduce Carbon Emissions? Evidence From 252 Cities in China

Guo

Ahmad

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…For these reasons, this paper adopts the SCM proposed by Abadie et al [ 36 ] to identify the causal effect of the administrative division adjustment of Chaohu Lake. This approach is commonly used in project evaluation and is powerful in identifying the causal effects of a specific event [ 37 – 39 ]. For example, Chen et al [ 37 ] used the SCM to study the effect of China’s sulfur dioxide emissions trading pilot scheme (SETPS) on industrial sulfur dioxide emissions.…”

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“…This approach is commonly used in project evaluation and is powerful in identifying the causal effects of a specific event [ 37 – 39 ]. For example, Chen et al [ 37 ] used the SCM to study the effect of China’s sulfur dioxide emissions trading pilot scheme (SETPS) on industrial sulfur dioxide emissions. They found that the impact of the SETPS has regional heterogeneity.…”

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Water pollution and administrative division adjustments: A quasi-natural experiment in Chaohu Lake, China

Liu

Cai

2022

PLoS ONE

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Administrative division adjustments, such as agglomerations, upgrading, and revocation, introduce a series of uncertain impacts on the social and economic development in administrative regions. Previous studies have focused more on the economic effects of administrative division adjustments, but in this paper, we also consider the environmental effects of such adjustments. In 2011, with the approval of the State Council, the prefecture-level Chaohu city was officially revoked, resulting in a county-level Chaohu city. One district and four counties under the jurisdiction of the original Chaohu city were placed under the jurisdiction of Hefei, Wuhu, and Ma’anshan. This adjustment made Chaohu Lake an inner lake of Hefei city. The administrative division adjustment of Chaohu Lake, China, is used as a quasi-natural experiment to explore the influence of such an adjustment on pollution control. The synthetic control method (SCM) is used in this study to evaluate the effect of the administrative division adjustment on the water quality indicators of Chaohu Lake. The following conclusions are drawn. First, after the administrative division adjustment, some water quality indicators, such as ammonia nitrogen, improved; however, other major pollution indicators, such as chemical oxygen demand (COD) and dissolved oxygen (DO), worsened to varying degrees. Second, the results reveal that improper development ideas, excessive industrial expansion, and the shift in economic growth and environmental goals were problems after the adjustment. Returning to the original intention of the administrative division adjustment, rationalizing the Chaohu Lake management system and designing a sound and feasible accountability mechanism are fundamental measures for reducing pollution.

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“…Both found the SETPS policy contributes to reducing SO 2 emissions [24,25]. Chen and Huang et al, used the synthetic control method to study the effectiveness of SETPS and found that the effect of the SETPS has regional heterogeneity; Tianjin has achieved the desired reduction effect and the SETPS implemented in other areas did not reduce the SO 2 emissions [26].…”

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Impact of Resource-Based Economic Transformation Policy on Sulfur Dioxide Emissions: A Case Study of Shanxi Province

Xiang

Zhang

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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Air pollution, particularly SO2 emission, has become a global problem, seriously threatening the sustainable development and health of mankind. Based on the panel data of 248 prefecture-level cities in China during 2003–2008, this study used the Propensity Score Matching-Difference in Difference (PSM-DID) method within the counterfactual framework to evaluate the treatment effect of the policy made by the National Resource-Based Economic Transformation Comprehensive Supporting Reform Pilot Zone (CRZ) on sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions. The results show the following. (1) The benchmark regression results demonstrate that the CRZ policy has significantly decreased per capita SO2 emissions (PCSO2) and SO2 emissions per unit of GDP (PGSO2) in the pilot zone, and the placebo test indicates that the evaluation of the policy effect is robust. (2) The dynamic effect test indicates that there is a lag in the effect of the CRZ policy on reducing SO2 emissions. The policy effect of the CRZ policy on PCSO2 and PGSO2 was not obvious in the first stage (2011–2015), the CRZ policy significantly reduced the PCSO2 and PGSO2 in the second stage of policy implementation (2016 and beyond), and the reduction effect of CRZ policy on SO2 emissions is increasing over time. (3) The mechanism analysis shows that optimizing industrial structure, increasing human capital, strengthening technological innovation, and expanding opening to the outside world are the main ways for the CRZ policy to reduce SO2 emissions. The study will help promote SO2 emissions reduction in Shanxi Province, providing a reference for the transformation and development of other resource-based cities in China and the world and contributing to accelerating the achievement of regional emission reduction targets and sustainable development.

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Impact of sulfur dioxide emissions trading pilot scheme on pollution emissions intensity: A study based on the synthetic control method

Cited by 52 publications

References 45 publications

Can Sci-Tech Finance Pilot Policies Reduce Carbon Emissions? Evidence From 252 Cities in China

Can Sci-Tech Finance Pilot Policies Reduce Carbon Emissions? Evidence From 252 Cities in China

Water pollution and administrative division adjustments: A quasi-natural experiment in Chaohu Lake, China

Impact of Resource-Based Economic Transformation Policy on Sulfur Dioxide Emissions: A Case Study of Shanxi Province

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