RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Demand for Global and Local Environmental Protection: Experimental Evidence from Climate Change Mitigation in Beijing
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 137
OP 154
DO 10.3368/le.97.1.061219-0076R1
VO 97
IS 1
A1 Löschel, Andreas
A1 Pei, Jiansuo
A1 Wang, Ran
A1 Sturm, Bodo
A1 Buchholz, Wolfgang
A1 Zhao, Zhongxiu
YR 2021
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/97/1/137.abstract
AB In this study, participants from Beijing, China, were offered the opportunity to contribute to voluntary climate change mitigation by purchasing permits from two Chinese CO2 emissions trading schemes (ETS). Since CO2 emissions abatement is linked to other local benefits like the reduction in emissions of air pollutants, our aim is to separate the demand for local and global environmental protection. To this end, Beijing and Shenzhen ETS permits were offered. Our results indicate that a substantial part of the revealed demand for voluntary climate change mitigation in Beijing is driven by concerns for local co-benefits of CO2 emissions reduction.