Impact of environmental regulations on carbon emissions of transportation infrastructure: China’s evidence
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Zhang, J., Jin, W., Philbin, S.P., Lu, Q., Ballesteros-Pérez, P., Skitmore, M. and Li, H. (2021). Impact of environmental regulations on carbon emissions of transportation infrastructure: China’s evidence. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption. 2, pp. 100010-100010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2021.100010
Authors | Zhang, J., Jin, W., Philbin, S.P., Lu, Q., Ballesteros-Pérez, P., Skitmore, M. and Li, H. |
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Abstract | Environmental regulations (ER) can support or dissuade the reduction of carbon emissions. However, there are limited studies on the impact of ER on carbon emissions for the transportation infrastructure. Using provincial panel data from China for the period 2001–2017, this study measures how ER can affect the carbon emissions efficiency (CEE) of transportation infrastructure. The study uses Hansen’s panel threshold model to analyze current thresholds of ER on CEE. The results show that (1) China’s transportation infrastructure during 2001–2017 experienced a 10.15% decrease of CEE; (2) there are significant heterogeneities across the regions of China regarding CEE; (3) ER produces some CEE threshold effects in China’s current transportation infrastructure. This study proposes alternative evaluation methods and theoretical frameworks for dynamically measuring the CEE of transportation infrastructure, and provides governments with improved criteria to design effective environmental policies. |
Keywords | Transportation infrastructure; Carbon emission efficiency; Environmental regulations; Low-carbon transition; Threshold model |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Cleaner and Responsible Consumption |
Journal citation | 2, pp. 100010-100010 |
Publisher | Elsevier BV |
ISSN | 2666-7843 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2021.100010 |
Publication dates | |
Jun 2021 | |
Online | 18 Feb 2021 |
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Accepted | 10 Feb 2021 |
Deposited | 17 Mar 2021 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/8w51y
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