Policy Performance of Green Lighting Industry in China: A DID Analysis from the Perspective of Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction

Kan Wang, Li Lei, Shuai Qiu and Sen Guo
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Kan Wang: School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Li Lei: National Energy Conservation Center, Beijing 100045, China
Shuai Qiu: China Solid State Lighting Alliance, Beijing 100083, China
Sen Guo: School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 22, 1-18

Abstract: As a component of China’s strategic emerging industries, green lighting is an important industry supporting the high-quality and high-efficiency development of China’s economy, and is also an important way to achieve energy conservation and emission reduction. At present, China has basically established a policy framework to promote the development of green lighting industry, but there is no empirical evidence on the performance of existing policies on energy conservation and emission reduction. Based on the development status of China’s green lighting industry, this paper sorts out the milestones of China’s green lighting industry policy and the current status of the framework of the existing green lighting industry development policies, constructs a policy performance evaluation model for China’s green lighting industry based on the difference-in-difference (DID) model, and evaluates the implementation effects of green lighting industry policies in China from the perspective of energy conservation and emission reduction. The empirical results of China’s 85 cities show that the implementation of green lighting industry policies has significantly promoted regional energy conservation and emission reduction. Finally, this paper puts forward targeted policy recommendations to provide policy support for the transformation of China’s green lighting industry from “large” to “strong”.

Keywords: green lighting industry; policy framework; energy conservation and emission reduction; policy effect evaluation; DID model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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