Emission Reduction Effects of China’s National Carbon Market: Evidence Based on the Power Sector

Yingying Xu (), Shan Zhao, Boxiao Chu and Yinglun Zhu ()
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Yingying Xu: Business School, Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan 430223, China
Shan Zhao: School of Humanities and Social Science (School of Public Administration), Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Boxiao Chu: School of Humanities and Social Science (School of Public Administration), Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Yinglun Zhu: School of International Economics, China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing 100091, China

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 12, 1-16

Abstract: The power sector is one of the major CO 2 -emitting industries in China. It is also the first key emissions control industry included in China’s national carbon trading market established in 2021. Therefore, based on the data of 30 provinces and cities in China from 2015 to 2022, this study analyzes the impact of the national carbon market policy on the carbon emissions of the power industry based on the generalized Difference-in-Difference (DID) model. Based on the method of text analysis, this paper constructs the carbon market policy intensity index of each region and incorporates it into the DID model. Empirical analysis finds that the national carbon market policy can significantly inhibit the carbon emissions of the power industry. However, the heterogeneity analysis of 30 provinces and cities shows that the national carbon market policy has a significant impact on the regions that already have a carbon pilot, but not on the non-pilot regions. Therefore, this paper demonstrates the effectiveness of the national carbon market policy in the power industry emissions control, and also exposes the heterogeneity between regions, providing an important empirical basis for the inclusion of other energy-intensive industries.

Keywords: carbon emission; carbon market; power sector; region heterogeneity; carbon pilot (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: 2024
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