The impacts of China's provincial energy policies on major air pollutants: A spatial econometric analysis
The impacts of China's provincial energy policies on major air pollutants: A spatial econometric analysis
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DOI：
10.1016/j.enpol.2019.05.052
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2019-09
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J. Zeng;Tingfeng Liu;R. Feiock;Fei Li
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作者：
J. Zeng;Tingfeng Liu;R. Feiock;Fei Li
能源的生产和消费是全球空气污染的主要来源。因此，政府的能源控制政策可能会大幅减少空气污染物的排放。根据政策目标，能源政策可大致分为两类。第一是减排政策，被确定为节流措施，旨在从源头上减少排放；第二是可再生能源政策，致力于发展和促进可再生能源。本文利用2003年至2016年27个省和4个直辖市的面板数据，采用空间计量经济学方法，实证检验了这两种能源政策对中国主要大气污染物PM10、PM2.5和SO2排放的影响。结果表明，省级减排政策对PM10的减排有积极影响，而省级可再生能源政策对SO2和PM2.5的减排有积极的影响。结果还表明，由于政策溢出效应，一个省份的能源政策会影响邻近省份的污染物排放。基于研究结果，本文提出了几点政策含义。
The production and consumption of energy is the predominant source of air pollution worldwide. Thus, governmental energy control policies may lead to large reductions in air pollutant emissions. Energy policies can be broadly categorized into two types based on their policy goals. First are emission reduction policies, identified as throttling measures, which aim to reduce emissions from the source; second are renewable energy policies, which are dedicated to the development and promotion of renewable energy. This paper employs a spatial econometric method to empirically test the effects of these two types of energy policies on China's emissions of major air pollutants, namely PM10, PM2.5, and SO2, using panel data from 27 provinces and four direct-controlled municipalities over the period from 2003 to 2016. The results offer evidence that provincial emission reduction policies have positive impacts on reduction of PM10, whereas provincial renewable energy policies have positive impacts on the reduction of SO2and PM2.5. The results also show that energy policies in one province can influence emissions of pollutants in neighbouring provinces due to policy spillover effects. Several policy implications are made based on the research findings.