Can environmental innovation facilitate carbon emissions reduction? Evidence from China

• Published in: Energy policy Vol. 100; pp. 18 - 28
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yue-Jun, Peng, Yu-Lu, Ma, Chao-Qun, Shen, Bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2017; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Abatement; Carbon; Carbon emissions trading; carbon markets; China; Efficiency; Emission analysis; Emission measurements; Emissions; Emissions control; Emissions trading; Energy; Energy efficiency; Energy policy; Environmental degradation; Environmental effects; Environmental impact; Environmental innovation; Environmental policy; Generalized method of moments; Innovation; Innovations; Method of moments; Panel data; Pollution abatement; PSM-DID; Reduction; SGMM; Studies; China; Environmental innovation; SGMM; Q56; O25; Q58; O38; China; Carbon emissions trading; PSM-DID; O44
• ISSN: 0301-4215; 1873-6777
• DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.10.005

Environmental innovation has been recognized as an efficient way of addressing environmental problems. However, how environmental innovation may affect carbon emissions in China and whether the effect may differ among various environmental innovation variables remain to be investigated. Therefore, b...