International Studies of Economics
Special Issue on Climate Change and Energy Transition
Climate Change and Energy Transition: An Introduction
Feng Wang, Pengfei Liu
气候变化与能源转型专辑序言
Can National ESG Inhibit the Impact of Extreme Climate on Global Financial Risks?
Haonan Wang, Lichao Zhou, Jinhui Xu, Jingqun Shan
国家层面的环境、社会与治理绩效能否抑制极端气候对全球金融风险的影响?
Thomas C. Chiang
气候变化、诱发风险及油价上涨对全球能源股票收益的影响
Qiannan Zhu, Zhengyu Zhang
人工智能对节能减排的影响:基于中国上市企业的实证研究
Jianghua Liu, Wenlin Wang, Mengyuan Xie
家庭收入对家庭食物浪费碳足迹的影响:基于中国健康营养调查的实证研究
Xingming Fang, Xiaoling Zeng, Chuanwang Sun, Yonggang Wang, Sha Fu
中国东西部地区绿色发展效能比较研究
Sheng Liu, Runyao Peng, Xiuying Chen
“污染光环”还是“污染避难所”?外资持股与本土污染企业的清洁生产:来自中国的准自然实验证据
Chaofeng Zheng, Zhonghai Zheng, Lichun Tian, Shiyu Han
新质生产力赋能能源企业高质量发展
Energy Justice in Transition: Perceptions From India's Coal-Dependent Regions
Srishti Minocha, Sukanya Das, Upasna Sharma
转型中的能源正义:对印度煤炭依赖地区的观察
摘要
Can National ESG Inhibit the Impact of Extreme Climate on Global Financial Risks?
Abstract: This study investigates the impact of extreme climate events on global systemic financial risk, utilizing a dataset of 32 representative economies from 2004 to 2019. By constructing a Climate Risk Index (CRI) and a systemic financial risk index (RISK), our findings reveal that extreme climate change significantly exacerbates global systemic financial risk. We find this effect to be particularly pronounced in developing countries. Furthermore, our analysis reveals that country-level ESG performance can effectively mitigate the adverse impact of extreme climate events, with the environmental (E) dimension exhibiting the most prominent moderating effect. We also find that the mitigating efficacy of ESG is conditioned by national cultural values. Additionally, this research uncovers a significant synergistic effect between ESG performance and robotics adoption, highlighting a cross-domain strategic complementarity that plays a crucial role in enhancing the resilience of the financial system.
国家层面的环境、社会与治理绩效能否抑制极端气候对全球金融风险的影响?
Abstract: This study examines the impact of climate policy uncertainty (CPU) on world energy stock returns. Evidence shows that a rise in CPU causes stocks to plummet in individual countries, regions, and the world energy stock markets. The negative effects are also exhibited in climate induced risks, the covariance between a change in CPU and equity market volatility (EMV) as well as the covariance between energy and environmental uncertainty and EMV on stock returns. Evidence shows the presence of negative relationships between oil prices and stock returns, except in Gulf Cooperation Council region and Kuwait, which are oil-exporting markets.
气候变化、诱发风险及油价上涨对全球能源股票收益的影响
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) plays an increasingly pivotal role in advancing sustainable economic development. While existing literature predominantly examines the environmental impact of AI technologies from national or sectoral perspectives, this study provides a micro-level analysis of its effects on energy conservation and emission reduction (ECER) performance, utilizing a dataset of Chinese listed firms. We employ a large language model (LLM)-based intelligent scoring system to capture firms' ECER performance from publicly available environmental disclosures, and construct two-pronged measures of AI technological capabilities encompassing both innovation and adoption dimensions. The empirical analysis demonstrates that AI technologies significantly enhance ECER performance among Chinese listed firms, with results remaining robust to various alternative specifications and robustness tests. Mechanism analysis reveals that AI facilitates environmental improvements through the enhancement of productive efficiency and the promotion of green innovation. Heterogeneity analysis further indicates that AI-driven environmental effects are more pronounced among state-owned enterprises, mature-stage firms, firms in polluting industries, sectors with lower competitive intensity, labor-intensive and capital-intensive industries, and firms located in cities with stringent environmental regulations. These findings offer novel firm-level empirical evidence on AI's environmental implications, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of the technology-environment nexus in emerging economies and laying a theoretical foundation for targeted AI-related environmental policy interventions.
人工智能对节能减排的影响:基于中国上市企业的实证研究
Abstract: Over the recent decades, China has witnessed a significant increase in household income, while food waste has also been on the rise. Food waste has an impact on the environment as it increases carbon emissions, which may hinder the realization of China's emission reduction targets. However, the specific impact of the growth in household income on the carbon footprint caused by food waste remains unclear. Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, this study employs Logit and Tobit models to examine the impact of household income on food-waste behavior and the resulting carbon footprint. The results show that an increase in per capita household income is associated with a higher probability of food waste and an increase in the carbon footprint from household food waste. Heterogeneity analysis indicates that the effect of income growth is more pronounced among households in the northern provinces, rural areas, and those with lower educational levels. Additionally, we find an inverted U-shaped relationship between household income and the carbon footprint of food waste in households with better dietary knowledge. Further analysis reveals that rising household incomes affect food waste's carbon footprint through three mechanisms: increased food waste volume (scale effect), higher proportions of carbon-intensive foods in wasted items(structural effect), and improved food preservation/cooking infrastructure(technological effect).
家庭收入对家庭食物浪费碳足迹的影响——基于中国健康与营养调查的实证研究
The Efficiency of Green Development Between Eastern and Western Regions of China
中国东西部地区绿色发展效能比较研究
Abstract: In the context of global value chains, it is becoming increasingly common for foreign-funded enterprises to participate in local industrial chain activities through shareholding. However, as an external force, do multinational corporations play a balancing role or a collusion role in the production process of enterprises in pollution intensive host countries? This study explores whether the participation of foreign capitals will drive pollution-intensive local enterprises to realize cleaner production and how it works. We employ staggered DID model to regress the composition of the nature of equity and the degree of cleaner production of listed firms from China. The result shows that foreign ownership can significantly drive cleaner production by promoting green technology innovation and improving environmental management capability of domestic polluting enterprises. In addition, the stronger the degree of foreign ownership and the higher the R&D investment, the more obvious the promotional effect of foreign investment on cleaner production of local firms. Moreover, the foreign-shareholding serves as a more significant element to realize cleaner production when the percentage of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan capitals of China is higher. This study provides new evidence for the classic "pollution halo" hypothesis from the perspective of foreign equity holdings. In the wave of globalization, it remains important for developing countries to learn advanced environmental management concepts and clean production technologies from foreign capital.
“污染光环”还是“污染避难所”?外资持股与本土污染企业的清洁生产——来自中国的准自然实验证据
摘要:在全球价值链背景下,外资企业通过股权参与方式嵌入东道国产业链的现象日益普遍。然而,作为一种外部力量,跨国公司在污染密集型东道国企业的生产过程中究竟扮演着平衡者还是合谋者的角色?本文探讨了外资参与是否会推动本土污染企业实现清洁生产及其作用机制。基于中国上市企业的股权性质构成与清洁生产程度数据,本文采用交错双重差分模型进行回归分析。研究发现,外资持股能够通过推动绿色技术创新和提升环境管理能力,显著促进本土污染企业的清洁生产。此外,外资持股比例越高、企业研发投入强度越大,外资对本土企业清洁生产的促进效应越为显著。当企业股权结构中来自中国香港、澳门和台湾地区资本占比较高时,外资持股对清洁生产的推动作用更为突出。本文从外资股权参与的视角为经典的“污染光环”假说提供了新的证据。在全球化浪潮中,发展中国家通过引入外资学习先进环境管理理念与清洁生产技术依然具有重要意义。
New Quality Productive Forces Enable the High-Quality Development of Energy Enterprises
新质生产力赋能能源企业高质量发展
摘要:本文探讨新质生产力(New Quality Productive Forces,NQPF)对中国能源企业高质量发展的影响。基于2011-2022年572家上市能源企业的面板数据,本文构建了新质生产力综合指数,评估其对企业财务绩效与社会绩效的影响。实证结果表明,新质生产力显著提升了能源企业的财务绩效和碳绩效,体现为市场估值改善和碳排放水平下降,但其对企业整体就业规模的影响并不显著。异质性分析发现,非新能源企业因技术替代导致劳动力需求下降,相关员工面临技能错配引发的结构性失业。此外,相较于国有企业,新质生产力对非国有能源企业的财务绩效和碳绩效具有更为显著的促进作用。区域差异同样存在:东部能源企业从中受益程度远超中西部地区。上述研究结论为政府部门和企业管理者通过有针对性地加大创新投入、发展绿色技术以及加强劳动力技能培育,以推动能源企业可持续发展提供了重要的政策启示。
Energy Justicein Transition: Perceptions From India's Coal-Dependent Regions
转型中的能源正义:对印度煤炭依赖地区的观察
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