http://www.efdinitiative.org The Environmental Economics Program in China (EEPC) has three main tasks: building capacity of rigorous economic analysis into environmental policy in China, policy outreach, and graduate education that emphasizes systematic training in modern environmental economics. daily 1 2007-10-02T15:00:42Z http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/getting-their-voices-heard-three-cases-of-public-participation-in-environmental-protection-in-china By comparing three cases of environmental activism in China, our paper answers the following three questions about public participation in environment protection in China: (1) what are the drivers for public participation, (2) who are the agents leading the participation, and (3) do existing laws facilitate public participation? No publisher vivian Wanxin Li, Jieyan Liu, and Duoduo Li. 2012. Getting their voices heard: Three cases of organizing for environmental protection. Journal of Environmental Management (doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.12.019). Public participation; environmental activism; China 2012-02-01T09:34:15Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/impacts-of-policy-measures-on-the-development-of-state-owned-forests-in-northeastern-china-theoretical-results-and-empirical-evidence State-owned forest enterprises (SOFEs) in northeast China and Inner Mongolia play important roles both in timber production and in the maintenance of ecological security. However, since the late 1970s, forest resource and economic crises have seriously restricted these functions. No publisher muchapondwa Jiang Xuemei, Gong Peichen, Bostedt Göran, and Xu Jintao, 2011, “Impacts of Policy Measures on the Development of State-Owned Forests in Northeastern China: Theoretical Results and Empirical Evidence”. Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series, EfD DP 11-12. Enforcement Property rights Policy choices Deforestation Forest management Regulation Tenure 2011-12-22T18:00:46Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/fuel-taxes-and-the-poor Fuel Taxes and the Poor challenges the conventional wisdom that gasoline taxation, an important and much-debated instrument of climate policy, has a disproportionately detrimental effect on poor people. No publisher karinbackteman Fuel Taxes and the Poor, The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy (2011) Published by RFF Press with Environment for Development initiative. Edited By Thomas Sterner. Climate Change Taxation Policy instruments Climate policy Equity and distributional analysis Urban environment Transport 2012-01-20T14:34:02Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/engaging-with-the-cimate-change-regime-chinas-challenges-and-activities Addressing environmental challenges. including climate change has been rationalized in China as both necessary for solving domestic problems and capable of gaining new business opportunities and competitive advantages. No publisher vivian Li, Wanxin, 2011. "Engaging with the Climate Change Regime: China's Challenges and Activities", The China Monitor, Issue 66, October 2011, pp 4-9. Climate Change Climate policy 2011-12-05T08:40:33Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/a-fair-share-burden-sharing-preferences-in-the-united-states-and-china Using a choice experiment, we investigated preferences for distributing the economic burden of decreasing CO2 emissions in the two largest CO2-emitting countries: the United States and China. We asked respondents about their preferences for four burden-sharing rules to reduce CO2 emissions according to their country’’s 1) historical emissions, 2) income level, 3) equal right to emit per person, and 4) current emissions. No publisher www.efdinitiative.org Carlsson, Kataria, Krupnick, Lampi, Löfgren, Qin, Sterner, and Chung (2010). “A Fair Share : Burden-Sharing Preferences in the United States and China”, Working Papers in Economics no 471, Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg. Climate Change Commons: Fairness in policy making 2011-12-21T13:54:52Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/controlling-local-environmental-performance-an-analysis-of-three-national-environmental-management-programs-in-the-context-of-regional-disparities-in-china Whether government has the political will and capacity to control pollution is crucial for environmental outcomes. A vast country such as China, with centralized policymaking but idiosyncratic local implementation of environmental regulations and drastic regional disparities in wealth, raises the question how does the central government stimulate local environmental commitment to accommodate such diversity? No publisher vivian Li, Wanxin, and Higgins, Paul, 2011. "Controlling Local Environmental Performance: an analysis of three national environmental management programs in the context of regional disparities in China." Discussion paper, City University of Hong Kong. Environmental change Policy instruments 2011-10-21T03:11:24Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/how-has-rural-tax-reform-affected-farmers-and-local-governance-in-china Using nationally representative data, the present paper examines the impact of China's ongoing rural tax reform on farmers. The difficulties in further local governance restructuring are also discussed. No publisher vivian Ran Tao and Ping Qin. 2007. "How Has Rural Tax Reform Affected Farmers and Local Governance in China?" China & World Economy. 15 (3): 19-32. Taxation 2011-10-21T02:59:37Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/provision-of-residential-solid-waste-management-service-in-rural-china Drawing on a dataset covering a large number of randomly sampled villages across China, the present paper examines the issue of residential solid waste management service provision in rural China. No publisher vivian Chunhui Ye and Ping Qin. 2008. "Provision of Residential Solid Waste Management Service in Rural China." China & World Economy. 16 (5): 118-128. Public goods 2011-10-21T02:56:00Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/forest-tenure-reform-in-china-a-choice-experiment-on-farmers2019-property-rights-preferences Decentralization experiments are currently underway in the Chinese forestry sector. However, researchers and policy makers tend to ignore a key question: what do forest farmers really want from reform? No publisher vivian Qin, P, F. Carlsson, and J. Xu. 2011. "Forestland reform in China: what do the farmers want? A choice experiment on farmers’ property rights preferences." Land Economics. 87 (3): 473-487. Forest management Commons: Cooperation and Trust Property rights Country environmental analysis 2011-12-21T14:00:06Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/plonearticle.2011-08-31.2394155964 We conducted a survey in the Guangdong province in China to measure happiness among preadolescents and their parents. The objective of this study was to investigate what explains preadolescents’ happiness level and whether their happiness is related to the happiness level of their parents. We do not find any significant relationship with respect to the latter, and the factors that explain the variation in happiness among parents do not explain the variation among children. In general, children´s happiness is not explained by socio-economic factors, in fact not even by having divorced parents, which is a situation that clearly decreases the happiness level of parents. Instead, relations with parents and friends are important for the well-being of preadolescents. No publisher karinbackteman Carlsson, Fredrik, Elina Lampi, Wanxin Li, Peter Martinsson, 2011, "Subjective well-being among preadolescents - Evidence from urban China", University Of Gothenburg Working Papers in Economics Nr 500 Subjective wellbeing 2011-08-31T09:12:27Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/the-effect-of-the-collective-forest-tenure-reform-in-china-on-forestation Aiming to alleviate rural poverty, stimulate investment in forests, and improve forest conservation, the Chinese government set forth a policy leading to small private holdings of previously village administered forest lands. No publisher vivian Xie, Lunyu, Berck, Peter and Xu, Jintao, The Effect of the Collective Forest Tenure Reform in China on Forestation (March 9, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1782289 Tree plantation Tenure 2011-04-30T15:53:34Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/the-truth-the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth-a-multiple-country-test-of-an-oath-script Hypothetical bias is one of the main issues bedeviling the field of nonmarket valuation. The general criticism is that survey responses reflect how people would like to behave, rather than how they actually behave. In our study of climate change and emissions reductions, we took advantage of the increasing bulk of evidence from psychology and economics that addresses the effects of making promises, in order to investigate the effect of an oath script in a contingent valuation survey. No publisher muchapondwa Carlsson, Fredrik, Mitesh Kataria, Alan Krupnick, Elina Lampi, Åsa Löfgren, Ping Qin, Thomas Sterner and Susie Chung, 2010, “The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth: A Multiple-Country Test of an Oath Script”, Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series, 2010, EfD DP 10-24. Commons: Cooperation and Trust Commons: Governance oath script, hypothetical bias, willingness to pay 2011-12-21T14:08:34Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/reconciling-economic-growth-and-carbon-mitigation-challenges-and-policy-options-in-china As the biggest carbon emitter in the world, China is facing tremendous pressure domestically and internationally. To promote the international efforts to tackle climate change, the Chinese government announced its 2020 carbon intensity target and is actively taking part in the international climate negotiations. No publisher vivian Cao, J. (2010) “Reconciling Economic Growth and Carbon Mitigation: Challenges and Policy Options in China,” Asian Economic Policy Review 5(1), pp110-129. (SSCI: 600IR) Climate Change Policy instruments 2011-01-31T14:44:54Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/chinese-economic-development-and-the-environment-book-review In the past two decades, China has achieved impressive economic growth with an annual growth rate of about 10%. Meanwhile, the scale and seriousness of environmental problems are clearly evident, threatening China's future sustainable development. Managi and Kaneko's new book tackles a variety of important topics underlying the nexus of economic growth and environmental protection in China. No publisher vivian Cao, J. (2010) “Book Review: Chinese Economic Development and the Environment,” Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 12(3), pp 335-337. (SSCI: 651AS) 2011-01-31T14:40:24Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/china2019s-forest-land-tenure-reform-impacts-and-implications-for-choice-conservation-and-climate-change Climate change has brought issues of deforestation and forest land governance to the forefront. It is now widely accepted that deforestation and must be addressed in order to effectively reduce sociated weak local land use governance is a key driver behind deforestation and degradation and associated forest degradation are responsible for about 17% of total global carbon emissions—with over 70% of these emissions coming from forest burning and clearing in the five forest-rich countries of Indonesia, Brazil, Malaysia, Myanmar, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. No publisher vivian Xu, Jintao, Andy White and Uma Lele. 2010. “China’s Forest Land Tenure Reform: Impacts and Implications for Choice, Conservation and Climate Change”. Forest management Tenure 2011-02-09T12:27:10Z Article