Scientific Reports (Jul 2024)

Analyzing the influence of government policy on building carbon emission reduction based on differential game

  • Yunsong Zhang,
  • Cheng Zeng,
  • Nan Chi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68012-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Abstract With the continuous growth of low-carbon economy and people’s increasing preference for low-carbon products, the building carbon emission reduction (CER) has been highly concerned by the government. Therefore, in this study, we establish a game model through differential game to analyze the impact of government policies on building’s CER. We get: (1) Compared with the carbon tax policy, the government policy combining carbon tax and cost subsidy is more conducive to reducing carbon emissions; (2) For the three government policies, when the cost subsidy rate is lower than a fixed value, the government policy combining carbon tax and cost subsidy is the optimal strategy for building’s CER. When the cost subsidy rate is greater than a fixed value, the cost subsidy policy is the best strategy for building’s CER.

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