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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Fiscal Expansion and Agricultural Carbon Reduction: Evidence from China
Tianyue Wang 1
 
 
 
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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
 
 
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Tianyue Wang   

College of Tourism and Public Administration, Guangxi Vocational Normal University, Nanning, China
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):3837-3851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15244/pjoes/189564
 
 
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KEYWORDS
agricultural carbon emissions
agricultural carbon intensity
expansionary fiscal policy
environmental sustainability
China
 
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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.
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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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