Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2022.2159473
How economic growth pressure impact carbon emissions: Evidence for China
Yan Zhang
Shenglan Xu
Jiekuan Zhang
Abstract
The article explores the impact of economic growth pressure on
carbon emissions based on panel data from China’s 277 cities.
Moreover, the article analyzes the underlying influence mechanisms
as well as regional heterogeneity. The results demonstrate that economic
growth pressure significantly increases carbon emissions.
Technological innovation and foreign trade constitute the channels
through which economic growth pressure affects carbon emissions,
but the mediating mechanism of industrial structure upgrading
does not exist. Concretely, economic growth pressure increases carbon
emissions by reducing technological innovation and foreign
trade. In Western China, economic growth pressure has the highest
impact on carbon emissions. In central and western China, economic
growth pressure has a significant positive effect on carbon
emissions. On the contrary, the effect of economic growth pressure
on carbon emissions is significantly negative in Eastern China. In
Northeast China, the positive effect of economic growth pressure
on carbon emissions is statistically insignificant
Keywords
economic growth pressure; CO2 emissions; CO2 emissions per capita; political promotion tournament; mediating effects; regional heterogeneity
Hrčak ID:
314014
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Publication date:
28.12.2022.
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