list of tables
list of figures
list of abbreviations and acronyms
chapter introduction
  1.1 background
  1.2 statement of the problem
  1.3 motivation for this research
  1.4 research objectives and questions
  1.5 scope of this research
  1.6 the structure of the book
chapter 2 review of policy options for mitigating carbon
  emissions
  2.1 introduction
  2.2 command-and-control regulations
  2.3 subsidies
  2.4 pollution taxes
  2.5 emissions trading
  2.6 a comparison of policy instruments
  2.7 conclusion
chapter 3 emissions control policies and practice in china ...
  3.1 introduction
  3.2 the policy context
  3.3 the existing climate change policies in china
  3.4 emissions trading practice in china
  3.5 a comparative perspective of the chinese context
  3.6 conclusion
chapter 4 methodology
  4.1 introduction
  4.2 research framework
  4.3 case study
  4.4 ghgs perspective interview
  4.5 reliability and validity in qualitative research
  4.6 conclusion
chapter 5 analysis and discussion of the case study and interview
  results
  5.1 introduction
  5.2 results for the case study
  5.3 prospects for carbon emissions trading
  5.4 discussion
  5.5 conclusion
chapter 6 a carbon tax cge model for china
  6.1 introduction
  6.2 cge modelling
  6.3 chinese carbon tax cge model
  6.4 data for the cge model
  6.5 the cge model software solution
  6.6 conclusion
chapter 7 cge model results and analysis
  7.1 introduction
  7.2 simulation scenarios and fuel-specific tax rates
  7.3 the environmental effect of carbon tax in china
  7.4 the macroeconomic impacts of carbon tax in china
  7.5 the sectoral effects of carbon tax in china
  7.6 the impacts of carbon tax on energy consumption structure
  in china
  7.7 discussion
  7.8 conclusion
chapter 8 conclusion and policy implications
  8.1 summary and conclusion
  8.2 policy implications of this research
  8.3 main contributions of this research
  8.4 limitations and future research
  8.5 a final word
bibliography
appendix 1 list of important events in emissions trading practice
  in china
appendix 2 progress on emissions trading practice since 2006
appendix 3 administrative regulations for so2 emissions trading
  in taiyuan city
appendix 4 interview questions 1
appendix 5 interview questions 2
appendix 6 interview questions 3
appendix 7 plain language statement
appendix 8 consent sheet
appendix 9 profile of coded enterprises and coded managers
appendix 10 data source for the 2007 china social accounting
  matrix
appendix 11 data source for all the parameters (including the
  exogenous variables)
appendix 12 the value of parameters set exogenously