Factors affecting the pilot trading market of carbon emissions in China

Abstract Climate change and carbon emissions are major problems which are attracting worldwide attention. China has had its pilot carbon emission trading markets in seven regions for more than 3 years. What affects carbon emission trading market in China is a big question. More attention is paid to...

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Autores principales: Yong Jiang, Ya-Lin Lei, Yong-Zhi Yang, Fang Wang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a2709d9fa75e42599d05ce850e84626f2021-12-02T07:19:17ZFactors affecting the pilot trading market of carbon emissions in China10.1007/s12182-018-0224-31672-51071995-8226https://doaj.org/article/a2709d9fa75e42599d05ce850e84626f2018-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12182-018-0224-3https://doaj.org/toc/1672-5107https://doaj.org/toc/1995-8226Abstract Climate change and carbon emissions are major problems which are attracting worldwide attention. China has had its pilot carbon emission trading markets in seven regions for more than 3 years. What affects carbon emission trading market in China is a big question. More attention is paid to how China promotes the carbon emission trading schemes in the whole country. This paper addresses concerns about the functioning of carbon emission trading schemes in seven pilot regions and takes the weekly data from November 25, 2013, to March 19, 2017. We employ a vector autoregressive model to study how coal price, oil price and stock index have affected the carbon price in China. The results indicate that carbon price is mainly affected by its own historical price; coal price and stock index have negative effects on carbon price, while oil price has a negative effect on carbon price during the first 3 weeks and then has a positive effect on carbon price. More regulatory attention and economic measures are needed to improve market efficiency, and the mechanisms of carbon emission trading schemes should be improved.Yong JiangYa-Lin LeiYong-Zhi YangFang WangKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.articleCarbon emission trading marketCarbon priceVAR modelChinaScienceQPetrologyQE420-499ENPetroleum Science, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp 412-420 (2018)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Carbon emission trading market
Carbon price
VAR model
China
Science
Q
Petrology
QE420-499
spellingShingle Carbon emission trading market
Carbon price
VAR model
China
Science
Q
Petrology
QE420-499
Yong Jiang
Ya-Lin Lei
Yong-Zhi Yang
Fang Wang
Factors affecting the pilot trading market of carbon emissions in China
description Abstract Climate change and carbon emissions are major problems which are attracting worldwide attention. China has had its pilot carbon emission trading markets in seven regions for more than 3 years. What affects carbon emission trading market in China is a big question. More attention is paid to how China promotes the carbon emission trading schemes in the whole country. This paper addresses concerns about the functioning of carbon emission trading schemes in seven pilot regions and takes the weekly data from November 25, 2013, to March 19, 2017. We employ a vector autoregressive model to study how coal price, oil price and stock index have affected the carbon price in China. The results indicate that carbon price is mainly affected by its own historical price; coal price and stock index have negative effects on carbon price, while oil price has a negative effect on carbon price during the first 3 weeks and then has a positive effect on carbon price. More regulatory attention and economic measures are needed to improve market efficiency, and the mechanisms of carbon emission trading schemes should be improved.
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author Yong Jiang
Ya-Lin Lei
Yong-Zhi Yang
Fang Wang
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Ya-Lin Lei
Yong-Zhi Yang
Fang Wang
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title Factors affecting the pilot trading market of carbon emissions in China
title_short Factors affecting the pilot trading market of carbon emissions in China
title_full Factors affecting the pilot trading market of carbon emissions in China
title_fullStr Factors affecting the pilot trading market of carbon emissions in China
title_full_unstemmed Factors affecting the pilot trading market of carbon emissions in China
title_sort factors affecting the pilot trading market of carbon emissions in china
publisher KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
publishDate 2018
url https://doaj.org/article/a2709d9fa75e42599d05ce850e84626f
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