This paper aims to identify which provinces will be allocated more (less) of a carbon dioxide reduction burden within China's pledge to reduce its carbon intensity at the Copenhagen conference. Using an extended Slacks-Based Measure (SBM) model incorporating an undesirable output, the CO2...

[enter Abstract Body]China’s local environmental protection agencies are the basic government units that implement the country’s environmental regulations. Initiated decades ago, the vertical environmental management reform was gradually rolled out throughout the country with the aim of...