Impact of emission regulation policies on Chinese power firms’ reusable environmental investments and sustainable operations

This study investigates the impact of emission regulation policies (i.e., emergency response policy versus long-term protection policy) on the investment levels of reusable environmental facilities (e.g., desulphurization pumps) used by coal-fired power plants in China to improve their sustainable operations. To set up a baseline for further analysis and compare the impact of emission regulation policies, an improved framework for performance...