Evaluation of the carbon reduction effect of China’s low-carbon pilot policy based on synthetic control method

Abstract

The effect of the low-carbon pilot policy exhibits significant heterogeneity.

Provinces implement both low-carbon pilot policy and CETS have better effects.

Carbon reduction measures in five pilot provinces to overcome the uncertainty.

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Funding

National Key R&D Plan of China,(2020YFC1910000)

Natural Science Foundation of China,(71974116)

Taishan Scholar Project,(tsqn202103010)

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