How does social credit system constructions affect corporate carbon emissions? Empirical evidence from Chinese listed companies

Xinghua Cui, Ning Xu, Xiangwu Yan and Wenjie Zhang

Economics Letters, 2023, vol. 231, issue C

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of social credit system reform pilots on corporate carbon emissions adopting a quasi-natural experimental approach. We find that the implementation of social credit system reform pilots has a statistically significant impact on reducing corporate carbon emissions.

Keywords: Social credit system construction; Carbon emissions; Informal institutions; Multi-period DID (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111309

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