IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/reveco/v91y2024icp287-298.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

New energy demonstration city and urban pollutant emissions: An analysis based on a spatial difference-in-differences model

Author

Listed:
  • Guo, Bingnan
  • Feng, Yu
  • Lin, Ji
  • Wang, Xu

Abstract

If new energy is developed and utilised reasonably, it can promote green economic growth and reduce carbon emissions. However, the evidence for the effectiveness of New Energy Demonstration City (NEDC) in reducing pollutant emissions is limited. Therefore, based on panel data from 256 cities in China from 2011 to 2020, using a quasi-natural experiment of NEDC, this study uses the Spatial Difference-in-Differences (SDID) model to evaluate the impact of this policy on Environmental Pollution Emissions (EPE) in cities. It is observed that the construction of NEDC significantly reduces the EPE, and there is a significant negative spillover effect on neighbouring cities. Importantly, there is a heterogeneity in this emission reduction effect, with stronger effects in the central and western regions and small and medium-sized cities. To further clarify the mechanisms between them, this study uses a moderating effect model to investigate the role of government financial support and technological innovation. And find that the moderating effect of both is negative. This research provides policy and management recommendations for further promoting the construction of NEDC and reducing pollutant emissions in China.

Suggested Citation

  • Guo, Bingnan & Feng, Yu & Lin, Ji & Wang, Xu, 2024. "New energy demonstration city and urban pollutant emissions: An analysis based on a spatial difference-in-differences model," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 287-298.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reveco:v:91:y:2024:i:c:p:287-298
    DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2024.01.048
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1059056024000492
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.iref.2024.01.048?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:reveco:v:91:y:2024:i:c:p:287-298. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/inca/620165 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.