Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Mathematical Statistics and Economic Analysis, MSEA 2024, May 24–26, 2024, Jinan, China

Research Article

Public Concern over Carbon Emissions and Its Impact on Government Environmental Governance-A Study Based on the Provincial Baidu-Index in China

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.24-5-2024.2350191,
        author={Yanyi  Li and Abdul Rais  Abdul Latiff},
        title={Public Concern over Carbon Emissions and Its Impact on Government Environmental Governance-A Study Based on the Provincial Baidu-Index in China},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Mathematical Statistics and Economic Analysis, MSEA 2024, May 24--26, 2024, Jinan, China},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={MSEA},
        year={2024},
        month={10},
        keywords={carbon emissions; public concern; environmental governance; baidu-index},
        doi={10.4108/eai.24-5-2024.2350191}
    }
    
  • Yanyi Li
    Abdul Rais Abdul Latiff
    Year: 2024
    Public Concern over Carbon Emissions and Its Impact on Government Environmental Governance-A Study Based on the Provincial Baidu-Index in China
    MSEA
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-5-2024.2350191
Yanyi Li1, Abdul Rais Abdul Latiff1,*
  • 1: Universiti Sains Malaysia
*Contact email: abdulrais@usm.my

Abstract

Based on the panel data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2015 to 2021, and using Baidu-index to measure provincial public concern over carbon emissions, this study uses the Fixed Effects Model and Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) Regression Model to explore the factors influencing public concern about carbon emissions and their effects on the environmental governance of each provincial government. The results show that public concern for carbon emissions is positively related to the Internet penetration rate, age structure, industrial structure, education level, urban environmental pollution status and economic development level of provinces and that an increase in public concern for carbon emissions has a positive impact on the environmental governance of local governments.