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Effects of Government Regulations on Under-Reporting of Carbon Emission Transfers by Enterprises in Supply Chains

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  • Biying Zhao

    (School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
    International Genome Center, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China)

  • Licheng Sun

    (School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China)

  • Siying Gao

    (School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China)

Abstract

In low-carbon environments, asymmetric carbon information causes the enterprises in a supply chain to face the risk of misstatements about carbon emissions. Such misstatements could affect the decisions about carbon emission transfers in the supply chain. To optimize carbon emission transfers among supply chain enterprises, this study formulates a supplier-led Stackelberg game model incorporating the government’s initial carbon emission allowances and fines. The study also examines the mechanism of the behaviors of enterprises in low-carbon supply chains, the proportions of initial quotas, the impact of government fines on carbon transfers, and the influence of the supply chain and carbon emission transfers on related supply chain decisions and profits. The main findings are as follows. First, the proportion of the government’s initial quota has a positive effect on the carbon emission transfer quantity of the supplier, while government fines and misstatement factors have a negative effect. Second, the carbon emissions of the unit product of the supplier decrease as the under-reporting factor and carbon emission transfer quantity of the supplier increase. The under-reporting factor has a stronger effect on the carbon emissions of the unit product. Third, in a carbon-free market, carbon emission transfers negatively affect the disclosed profits of the supply chain, whereas in a perfect carbon market, the carbon trading price has a certain endogenous regulation mechanism for the suppliers’ operational decisions. Fourth, the supplier’s wholesale price order quantity is negatively correlated with the supplier’s carbon emission transfer quantity, but positively correlated with the initial carbon quota ratio.

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  • Biying Zhao & Licheng Sun & Siying Gao, 2022. "Effects of Government Regulations on Under-Reporting of Carbon Emission Transfers by Enterprises in Supply Chains," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-24, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:15:p:9269-:d:874605
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