The Gap Between Carbon Neutrality Framework Ordinances and Environmental Budgets: Fiscal Decoupling and the Paradox of Institutionalization

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The enactment of local carbon neutrality framework ordinances does not lead to increased environmental budgets, and paradoxically, ordinances with more comprehensive execution mechanisms are associated with weaker budgetary effects due to fiscal decoupling. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Yoon Kyoung Seo

doi:10.20484/klog.30.1.12

May 31, 2026The Korean Journal of Local Government Studies

The Gap Between Carbon Neutrality Framework Ordinances and Environmental Budgets: Fiscal Decoupling and the Paradox of Institutionalization

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This research investigates whether the establishment of carbon neutrality ordinances leads to significant changes in environmental budget allocations in local governments.
Constructed balanced panel data of 226 local governments from 2019 to 2025.
Performed full coding on five implementation mechanisms outlined in carbon neutrality ordinances.
Analyzed the effects of ordinances on environmental budgets using a fixed effects model.
Carbon neutrality ordinances did not have a significant effect on environmental budgets across all samples.
An inverse 'paradox of institutionalization' was found where more implementation mechanisms associated with decreased budget impact.
Vertical diffusion was confirmed as higher environmental budget shares in metropolitan governments led to significant increases in local environmental budgets.

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Assesses environmental budget impacts of carbon neutrality ordinances, indicating a paradox in institutionalization.

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Yoon Kyoung Seo (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a250b0e7def13d035e1b098 https://doi.org/10.20484/klog.30.1.12

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