Spatio-temporal efficiency of fiscal environmental expenditure in reducing CO2 emissions in China's cities

Xu, Chong; Xu, Yiyin; Chen, Jiandong; Huang, Shuo; Zhou, Bo; Song, Malin

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117479

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“…This is not consistent with the traditional regional division by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (see Appendix A ), where the economic development level of provinces in the eastern region is higher than that in the central region, followed by the western region. Such a result is not similar to Xu et al (2023) in a case of convergence of fiscal environmental expenditure in China [ 4 ], which is mainly due to the different research purposes. Therefore, the convergence results show that future regional collaborative pollution control may also consider convergence-based collaborative policies.…”

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“…With the continuous economic development, and in the absence of “turning point” of overall pollution, the GDP per capita made a significant impact in promoting the improvement of ETR in the country. In contrast, the population size also plays a certain role in promoting economic development [ 4 ]. However, the growth rate of population size is too small in comparison with GDP per capita, resulting in limited impact on the increase in ETR.…”

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“…Industrialization and urbanization are still in progress for many emerging economies, which seems to inevitably contribute to the pollution problem. Unlike consumption tax and corporate tax [ 1 , 2 , 3 ], environmental tax is widely used to control environmental pollution [ 4 ] as one of the market-based tools. However, there are some differences in the contents of environmental tax due to the different patterns of economic development in different countries.…”

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“…Meanwhile, the western region, with its relatively underdeveloped economy and continued reliance on traditional energy sources, exhibits the least impact from the renewable energy transition. Research by scholars such as Harlan [200], Wang and You [201], Li et al [202], Xu et al [203], and Li et al [204] supports this observation, indicating that the slower integration of renewable energy in the western region leads to less significant reductions in carbon emissions. These regional variations in the effectiveness of energy transition strategies highlight the necessity for customized approaches to environmental sustainability in China.…”

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“…Considering the studies [96][97][98][99][100], the efficacy of government plays a crucial role in the performance of information technology and its incorporation into the transport sector. This study applied the integrated index, WGI.…”

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Spatio-temporal efficiency of fiscal environmental expenditure in reducing CO2 emissions in China's cities

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Environmental Sustainability within Attaining Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Digitalization and the Transport Sector

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