1. The approach to realizing the potential of emissions reduction in China: An implication from data envelopment analysis.
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Feng, Chao, Zhang, Hua, and Huang, Jian-Bai
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EMISSION control , *DATA envelopment analysis , *CARBON dioxide mitigation , *EMPIRICAL research , *REGULATORY reform - Abstract
By proposing a three-hierarchy meta-frontier data envelopment analysis (DEA), this paper first decomposes CO 2 -emissions efficiency and the potential for emissions reduction into the following three components: structural, technical, and management. Based on these components, we then conduct an empirical analysis of China’s total-factor CO 2 -emissions efficiency, its potential for CO 2 -emissions reduction, and its corresponding implementation path. The results show that CO 2 -emissions efficiency in Mainland China is relatively low because of structural inefficiency, technical inefficiency, and management inefficiency. The Chinese government is expected to realize a large quantity of CO 2 -emissions reduction potential (nearly 40% of the current total CO 2 -emissions) through adjusting the industrial structure, narrowing the technology gap among regions, promoting the reform of marketization, and strengthening environmental regulation. The causes of CO 2 -emissions inefficiency and the distribution of potential reductions in emissions show a distinct spatial difference characteristic. Therefore, this paper also formulates emissions-reduction strategies for China's 30 provinces according to their specific situations, noting the direction of the industrial structure adjustment and the path to improving CO 2 -emissions efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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