Thứ Ba, 18 tháng 11, 2014

China’s Energy and Environmental Problems and Policies

China’s Energy and Environmental Problems and Policies


This paper describes China’s energy and environmental degradation problems in terms of air pollution, water pollution, CO2 emission and shortage of energy. It discusses the laws, agencies established and policies introduced to solve the energy-environment problems as well as the practical difficulties in the implementation of government environmental policies. Finally it presents three major issues to be resolved.

*The author would like to thank Smita Brunnermeier, Harvey Lam, James Wei of Princeton University and an anonymous referee for helpful comments on an early draft of this paper and acknowledge financial support from the Gregory C Chow Econometric Research Program and the Center for Economic Policy Studies of Princeton University in the preparation of this paper and the congenial atmosphere of the Department of Economics and Finance of the City University of Hong Kong in which the paper was completed.

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