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How does green finance drive the decarbonization of the economy? Empirical evidence from China

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Green Innovation and Finance in Asia

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Summary: Asian countries, including Japan, South Korea, and China, are implementing policies to promote green innovation and finance in order to achieve sustainable development goals amidst the challenges of climate change and environmental pressures. The extent to which they can drive environmentally adjusted productivity growth, green patent registrations, green bond issuances, green foreign direct investment, and environmental disclosures will impact their transition to sustainable growth paradigms.

ASIAN ECONOMIC POLICY REVIEW (2021)

Article Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Optimal strategies for capital constrained low-carbon supply chains under yield uncertainty

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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION (2020)

Article Business

Effects of technological changes on China's carbon emissions

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TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE (2020)

Article Environmental Sciences

Green schools in Taiwan - Effects on student sustainability consciousness

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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS (2019)

Article Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

The sustainability of international higher education: Student mobility and global climate change

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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION (2019)

Article Environmental Sciences

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH (2019)

Editorial Material Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Internet Finance, Green Finance, and Sustainability

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SUSTAINABILITY (2019)

Article Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Business as unusual: The Implications of fossil divestment and green bonds for financial flows, economic growth and energy market

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ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (2018)

Review Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Real options analysis for renewable energy investment decisions in developing countries

Kyeongseok Kim et al.

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (2017)

Article Ecology

The Trade-off Between Income Inequality and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Nicole Grunewald et al.

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS (2017)

Article Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Joint production and pricing decisions for multiple products with cap-and-trade and carbon tax regulations

Xiaoyan Xu et al.

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION (2016)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

The contribution of China's emissions to global climate forcing

Bengang Li et al.

NATURE (2016)

Article Business, Finance

Enlarging the Contracting Space: Collateral Menus, Access to Credit, and Economic Activity

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REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES (2016)

Review Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

China's carbon-emissions trading: Overview, challenges and future

Liwei Liu et al.

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (2015)

Review Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

The decomposition of energy-related carbon emission and its decoupling with economic growth in China

Yue-Jun Zhang et al.

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (2015)

Article Business, Finance

Debt literacy, financial experiences, and overindebtedness

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JOURNAL OF PENSION ECONOMICS & FINANCE (2015)

Article Economics

The Environment and Directed Technical Change

Daron Acemoglu et al.

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW (2012)

Article Environmental Sciences

Tracking the implementation of green credit policy in China: Top-down perspective and bottom-up reform

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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (2011)