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Low-Carbon Consumption in China: Residential Behavior, Corporate Practices and Policy Implication

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At present, climate change is a common human challenge: to mitigate climate change, it has become the consensus of governments all over the world to promote the transformation to a low-carbon economy. Scholars at home and abroad have reached a certain consensus on the importance of low-carbon policies in promoting the transformation to a low-carbon economy, and believe that low-carbon policies not only play a key role in low-carbon technology innovation and international low-carbon technology transfer, but also change energy systems and promote the achievement of greenhouse gas stabilization goals.

This chapter quotes from the following literature: Wang Z, Zhang B, Zeng H. 2016. The effect of environmental regulation on external trade: empirical evidence from the Chinese economy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 114: 55–61. Wang Z, Zhang B, Zhang Y. (2012). Determinants of public acceptance of tiered electricity price reform in China: evidence from four urban cities. Applied Energy, 91 (1): 235–244.

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    Zhaohua Wang

  2. School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

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Wang, Z., Zhang, B. (2020). Low-Carbon Policies in China. In: Low-Carbon Consumption in China: Residential Behavior, Corporate Practices and Policy Implication. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2792-0_9

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