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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Fiscal Expansion and Agricultural Carbon
Reduction: Evidence from China
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College of Tourism and Public Administration, Guangxi Vocational Normal University, China
Submission date: 2024-01-13
Final revision date: 2024-04-01
Acceptance date: 2024-06-02
Online publication date: 2024-09-23
Publication date: 2025-04-04
Corresponding author
Tianyue Wang
College of Tourism and Public Administration, Guangxi Vocational Normal University, Nanning, China
College of Tourism and Public Administration, Guangxi Vocational Normal University, Nanning, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):3837-3851
KEYWORDS
agricultural carbon emissionsagricultural carbon intensityexpansionary fiscal policyenvironmental sustainabilityChina
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Flexible governmental intervention is a pivotal mechanism for advancing carbon emission
reductions. However, the ramifications of governmental interventions on agricultural carbon emissions
still need to be adequately elucidated. This study systematically explores the impact of fiscal expansion
on agricultural carbon emissions. The results show that: (1) There is a positive correlation between fiscal
expansion and agricultural carbon intensity, which mainly promotes the decline of agricultural carbon
intensity by improving agricultural green total factor productivity. However, no empirical evidence
exists that would prove fiscal expansion reduces total agricultural carbon emissions. (2) The U-shaped
relationship between fiscal expansion and agricultural carbon intensity is significant in non-main
grain-producing areas but not significant in main grain-producing areas. (3) The agricultural carbon
emission reduction effect of fiscal expansion is limited by the degree of market segmentation,
deviation of industrial structure, and economic growth pressure. Our research highlights government
intervention’s important role and optimization path in reducing agricultural carbon emissions.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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