Have China's pilot emissions trading schemes promoted carbon emission reductions?- the evidence from industrial sub-sectors at the provincial level
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Zhang, Haijun
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Tsinghua Univ, Inst Energy Environm & Econ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
Tsinghua Univ, China Carbon Market Res Ctr, Beijing 100084, Peoples R ChinaTsinghua Univ, Inst Energy Environm & Econ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
Zhang, Haijun
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Duan, Maosheng
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Tsinghua Univ, Inst Energy Environm & Econ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
Tsinghua Univ, China Carbon Market Res Ctr, Beijing 100084, Peoples R ChinaTsinghua Univ, Inst Energy Environm & Econ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
Duan, Maosheng
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Deng, Zhe
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Tsinghua Univ, Inst Energy Environm & Econ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
Tsinghua Univ, China Carbon Market Res Ctr, Beijing 100084, Peoples R ChinaTsinghua Univ, Inst Energy Environm & Econ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
Deng, Zhe
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[1] Tsinghua Univ, Inst Energy Environm & Econ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
[2] Tsinghua Univ, China Carbon Market Res Ctr, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
Scholars and policy makers put great emphasis on analyzing the mitigation effect of an emissions trading scheme (ETS), while empirical researches on the mitigation effects of China's pilot ETSs are both thin and with significant limitations. This paper tries to analyze this issue from the perspective of industrial subsectors at the provincial level. We first calculate the carbon emissions of 37 individual industrial subsectors in each of China's 26 provinces from 2005 to 2015, covering both direct and indirect emissions. Cautiously identifying the industrial sub-sectors covered by China's pilot ETSs, we explore the causal impact of China's pilot ETSs on reducing carbon emissions at the initial stage (2013-2015) and analyze the paths of achieved emission reductions, applying a difference-in-difference (DID) model and a combination of DID estimator and propensity score matching technique. Our results yield robust evidence that China's pilot ETSs have significantly promoted carbon emission reductions of the covered industrial sub-sectors, and this impact has presented an overall enhanced trend according to year-by-year analysis. The results also show that the pilot ETSs have failed to enable covered industrial subsectors to effectively cut carbon intensity and the impact on carbon intensity is not obvious in any of the first three years, and the carbon emission reductions have mainly been achieved through the decreased outputs of industrial sub-sectors. China's policy makers should tighten the free allowance allocation approaches in order to facilitate low-carbon technology innovations and reduce carbon intensity of industrial sectors. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Tsinghua Univ, Inst Energy Environm & Econ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R ChinaTsinghua Univ, Inst Energy Environm & Econ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
Quan, Yifei
Duan, Maosheng
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Tsinghua Univ, Inst Energy Environm & Econ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
Tsinghua Univ, Joint Res Ctr Climate Governance Mech & Green Low, China Gorges Corp 3, Beijing 100084, Peoples R ChinaTsinghua Univ, Inst Energy Environm & Econ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
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Xinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R China
Xinjiang Univ Finance & Econ, Coll Finance & Taxat, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R ChinaXinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R China
Shen, Bing
Yang, Xiaodong
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Xinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R ChinaXinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R China
Yang, Xiaodong
Xu, Yang
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Xinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R ChinaXinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R China
Xu, Yang
Ge, Wenfeng
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Xinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R ChinaXinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R China
Ge, Wenfeng
Liu, Guangliang
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Xinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R ChinaXinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R China
Liu, Guangliang
Su, Xufeng
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Xinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R ChinaXinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R China
Su, Xufeng
Zhao, Shikuan
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Chongqing Univ, Sch Publ Adm, Chongqing 400000, Peoples R ChinaXinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R China
Zhao, Shikuan
Dagestani, Abd Alwahed
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Cent South Univ, Sch Business, Changsha 410000, Peoples R ChinaXinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R China
Dagestani, Abd Alwahed
Ran, Qiying
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Shanghai Business Sch, Shanghai 200235, Peoples R China
Xinjiang Univ, Ctr Innovat Management Res Xinjiang, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R ChinaXinjiang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Urumqi 830047, Peoples R China
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North China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R ChinaNorth China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
Siqin, Zhuoya
Niu, Dongxiao
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North China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R ChinaNorth China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
Niu, Dongxiao
Li, Mingyu
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North China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R ChinaNorth China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
Li, Mingyu
Zhen, Hao
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North China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R ChinaNorth China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
Zhen, Hao
Yang, Xiaolong
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North China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R ChinaNorth China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
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North China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R ChinaNorth China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
Yang, Xiaoyu
Guo, Xiaopeng
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North China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
North China Elect Power Univ, Beijing Key Lab New Energy & Low Carbon Dev, Beijing 102206, Peoples R ChinaNorth China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
Guo, Xiaopeng
Li, Yun
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North China Elect Power Univ, Inst Natl Energy Dev Strategy, Beijing 102206, Peoples R ChinaNorth China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
Li, Yun
Yang, Kun
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North China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
China Elect Council, Baiguang Rd, Beijing 100761, Peoples R ChinaNorth China Elect Power Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China