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Assessment of the Carbon Emission Reduction Effect of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan in China

In this study, we propose an integrated econometric framework incorporating the difference-in-differences model, the propensity-score-matching difference-in-differences model, and the spatial difference-in-differences model to explore the effect of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Pla...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Zhenhua, Zhang, Jingxue, Feng, Yanchao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34948916
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413307
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description In this study, we propose an integrated econometric framework incorporating the difference-in-differences model, the propensity-score-matching difference-in-differences model, and the spatial difference-in-differences model to explore the effect of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan on per capita carbon emission in China at the national, regional, and administrative levels. Contradictory results are supported under different econometric models, which highlight the importance and necessity of comprehensive analysis. Taking 285 prefecture-level and above cities as an example, the empirical results show that APPCAP has effectively reduced per capita carbon emission in China at the national level without the consideration of the spatial spillover effect. However, with the consideration of the spatial spillover effect, APPCAP has effectively and directly increased per capita carbon emission in local pilot cities at the national level, and reduced it among pilot cities via the spatial spillover effect, but the effects have become invalid in the non-pilot cities neighboring the pilot cities. Furthermore, the spatial heterogeneity of the effects of APPCAP on per capita carbon emission are supported at the regional and administrative levels. Finally, some specific policy implications are provided for achieving the “win-win” situation of energy saving, emission reduction, and economic development.
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spelling pubmed-87019222021-12-24 Assessment of the Carbon Emission Reduction Effect of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan in China Zhang, Zhenhua Zhang, Jingxue Feng, Yanchao Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In this study, we propose an integrated econometric framework incorporating the difference-in-differences model, the propensity-score-matching difference-in-differences model, and the spatial difference-in-differences model to explore the effect of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan on per capita carbon emission in China at the national, regional, and administrative levels. Contradictory results are supported under different econometric models, which highlight the importance and necessity of comprehensive analysis. Taking 285 prefecture-level and above cities as an example, the empirical results show that APPCAP has effectively reduced per capita carbon emission in China at the national level without the consideration of the spatial spillover effect. However, with the consideration of the spatial spillover effect, APPCAP has effectively and directly increased per capita carbon emission in local pilot cities at the national level, and reduced it among pilot cities via the spatial spillover effect, but the effects have become invalid in the non-pilot cities neighboring the pilot cities. Furthermore, the spatial heterogeneity of the effects of APPCAP on per capita carbon emission are supported at the regional and administrative levels. Finally, some specific policy implications are provided for achieving the “win-win” situation of energy saving, emission reduction, and economic development. MDPI 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8701922/ /pubmed/34948916 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413307 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Assessment of the Carbon Emission Reduction Effect of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan in China
title_sort assessment of the carbon emission reduction effect of the air pollution prevention and control action plan in china
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34948916
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413307
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