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Are Capitalists Green? Firm Ownership and Provincial CO2 emissions in China

Andersson, Fredrik N G LU ; Opper, Sonja LU and KHALID, USMAN LU (2018) In Energy Policy 123. p.349-359
Abstract
In China, a large private sector has evolved alongside a still sizeable state-owned sector that is subject to government control. Several studies have found that in this mixed economy, the private sector is economically more efficient than the state-owned sector. In this paper, we investigate whether private firms are also more carbon efficient than state-owned firms. Using a macroeconomic panel data model with provincial data from 1992 to 2010, we confirm that private firms emit less carbon dioxide than state-owned firms. Our results imply that future reforms, such as ongoing privatization, introduced to increase the economic efficiency of state-owned companies will also mitigate emissions growth. The policy lesson, not only for China but... (More)
In China, a large private sector has evolved alongside a still sizeable state-owned sector that is subject to government control. Several studies have found that in this mixed economy, the private sector is economically more efficient than the state-owned sector. In this paper, we investigate whether private firms are also more carbon efficient than state-owned firms. Using a macroeconomic panel data model with provincial data from 1992 to 2010, we confirm that private firms emit less carbon dioxide than state-owned firms. Our results imply that future reforms, such as ongoing privatization, introduced to increase the economic efficiency of state-owned companies will also mitigate emissions growth. The policy lesson, not only for China but for developing countries maintaining a large state-owned sector, is that economic efficiency and energy efficiency are conjoined mutual benefits. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
In China, a large private sector has evolved alongside a still sizeable state-owned sector that is subject to government control. Several studies have found that in this mixed economy, the private sector is economically more efficient than the state-owned sector. In this paper, we investigate whether private firms are also more carbon efficient than state-owned firms. Using a macroeconomic panel data model with provincial data from 1992 to 2010, we confirm that private firms emit less carbon dioxide than state-owned firms. Our results imply that future reforms, such as ongoing privatization, introduced to increase the economic efficiency of state-owned companies will also mitigate emissions growth. The policy lesson, not only for China but... (More)
In China, a large private sector has evolved alongside a still sizeable state-owned sector that is subject to government control. Several studies have found that in this mixed economy, the private sector is economically more efficient than the state-owned sector. In this paper, we investigate whether private firms are also more carbon efficient than state-owned firms. Using a macroeconomic panel data model with provincial data from 1992 to 2010, we confirm that private firms emit less carbon dioxide than state-owned firms. Our results imply that future reforms, such as ongoing privatization, introduced to increase the economic efficiency of state-owned companies will also mitigate emissions growth. The policy lesson, not only for China but for developing countries maintaining a large state-owned sector, is that economic efficiency and energy efficiency are conjoined mutual benefits. (Less)
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China, firm ownership, CO2 emissions, Climate change, wavelet analysis
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Energy Policy
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123
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349 - 359
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Elsevier
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1873-6777
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10.1016/j.enpol.2018.08.045
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English
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  author       = {{Andersson, Fredrik N G and Opper, Sonja and KHALID, USMAN}},
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  keywords     = {{China; firm ownership; CO2 emissions; Climate change; wavelet analysis}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{349--359}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Energy Policy}},
  title        = {{Are Capitalists Green? Firm Ownership and Provincial CO2 emissions in China}},
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  doi          = {{10.1016/j.enpol.2018.08.045}},
  volume       = {{123}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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