文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Local officials? tenure and CO2 emissions in China

作者：Tian, Zhihua[1];Hu, An[1];Chen, Yang[2];Shao, Shuai[3]

机构：[1]Zhejiang Univ Technol, Sch Econ, Hangzhou 310023, Peoples R China;[2]Hubei Univ Econ, Inst Adv Studies Finance & Econ, Wuhan 430205, Peoples R China;[3]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Business, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China

年份：2023

卷号：173

外文期刊名：ENERGY POLICY

收录：;EI(收录号：20225113268052);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000903955200003)，SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000903955200003)】；

基金：Acknowledgments This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China (Nos. 72004204, 72003058, 72074150, 71922015, and 71773075) , the National Social Science Foundation of China (No. 21ZDA084) , Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant (No. LY22G030004) , and Shanghai Soft Science Research Program (No. 22692103400) .

语种：英文

外文关键词：CO 2 emissions; Local officials? tenure; Career incentives; Official evaluation system; China

摘要：Under China's unique decentralized governance mechanism, local officials' career incentive mode and behav-ioral preferences have an important impact on CO2 emission reduction. Based on a panel data set including local officials' experience information, this paper investigates the impact and mechanism of local officials' tenure on CO2 emissions in China. We find that CO2 emissions show an inverted U-shaped trend of rising first and then falling during the governors' tenure, with the peak occurring in their nearly fourth year in office. The strategic investment and fiscal policies implemented by officials during their tenure provide an explanation for this finding. In particular, introducing CO2 emission reduction targets in the evaluation system of local officials shifts the strategic arrangements implemented by local officials during their tenure, with no significant effect of provincial governors' tenure on CO2 emissions. Our findings provide empirical evidence for China's shift from a GDP-based official evaluation system to a green GDP.