绿色考核政策对资源型城市"碳诅咒"的破解效应OA

The green assessment policy integrates the effectiveness of environmental governance with traditional GDP assessment,which is an important lever for the government to promote sustainable economic growth.Whether a green assessment policy can break the"carbon curse"effect of resource-based cities is an urgent research question.Existing research has laid the theoretical foundation for analyzing the intrinsic relationship between green assessment policies and the"carbon curse"of resource-based cities.However,resource-based cities are unique in terms of dominant resources and development stages,and the underlying mechanism of the"carbon curse"breaking effect requires further exploration.Therefore,this study focuses on resource-based cities in China and aims to explore new paths for resource-based cities to break through the"carbon curse"development dilemma within the context of green assessment policy implementation.At the theoretical level,an attempt is made to incorporate green assessment policies into the analytical framework of the"carbon curse"breaking mechanism,clarifying the mechanism of action of green assessment policies.At the empirical level,by collecting and calculating energy-saving and emission reduction target assessment data as a proxy for green assessment policies and using variable coefficient,mediation effect,and spatial Durbin models,this study examines the effect of green assessment policies on breaking the"carbon curse"of resource-based cities.This study draws the following research conclusions:(1)A"carbon curse"effect existed in resource-based cities in China,where the degree of impact of the"carbon curse"on mature,growing,and declining cities decreased in order,and the impact on oil and gas-,coal-,and metal-based cities also showed a decreasing trend in order.(2)Green assessment policies could effectively reduce the carbon emission intensity of resource-based cities,which is conducive to unleashing their"carbon curse"breaking effects.This conclusion held true after a series of robustness tests.(3)The breaking effect of green assessment policies was achieved by enhancing the environmental attention of local governments,driving green technological progress,and promoting the optimization of production factor allocation.(4)The breaking effect of green assessment policies exhibited heterogeneity,particularly evident in declining,coal-based,and southern resource-based cities;the green assessment policy has a spatial"local neighbor"spillover effect.The green assessment policy not only significantly reduced the local carbon emission intensity but also had a breaking effect on the"carbon curse"of surrounding resource-based cities through spatial spillover effects.Based on the research findings,this study suggests three policy implications:(1)At the central level,we should focus on the long-term and construct a targeted green assessment policy system to break the"carbon curse"according to local conditions.(2)The transmission effect of local government's attention to environmental protection,green technology progress,and optimized allocation of production factors should be enhanced.(3)Attention should be paid to the spatial spillover effects of green assessment policies,and a new pattern of green and low-carbon coordinated development should be constructed.Overall,this study empirically tests the existence and heterogeneity of the"carbon curse"effect in China's resource-based cities and examines the breaking effect of green assessment policies on this"carbon curse."This assists in comprehensively understanding the effects of green assessment policies,providing decision-making references for refining policy intervention priorities and improving targeting and implementation efficiency.