Can climate policy promote urban green technology innovation in China? — Evidence from China’s low-carbon pilot initiatives
The low-carbon city pilot policy plays a crucial role in accelerating China’s low-carbon transition. Promoting urban green technology innovation constitutes a significant objective of this policy. Therefore, the quantitative assessment of policy implementation effectiveness is instrumental in facili...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2025-12-01
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| Series: | Sustainable Futures |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825005040 |
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| Summary: | The low-carbon city pilot policy plays a crucial role in accelerating China’s low-carbon transition. Promoting urban green technology innovation constitutes a significant objective of this policy. Therefore, the quantitative assessment of policy implementation effectiveness is instrumental in facilitating the advancement of low-carbon initiatives in pilot regions. This study employs a multi-period DID model to investigate the impact of the low-carbon city pilot policy on green technological innovation in 274 Chinese cities during 2006–2021. Key findings include: (1) the policy has a significant and positive effect on urban green technological innovation; (2) the policy exhibits heterogeneous impacts across cities with different regions, administrative hierarchies, and development patterns; (3) the policy influences urban green technological innovation primarily through three channels—increasing government investment, upgrading industrial structure, and agglomerating talent; and (4) carbon intensity negatively moderates the policy’s effect, weakening the promotional impact of the low-carbon city pilot policy on urban green technological innovation. This study builds upon previous research and provides empirical evidence to support the subsequent replication of policies at the city level. |
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| ISSN: | 2666-1888 |