AUTHOR=Fan Xuechen , Xu Shuhua TITLE=Does city-county merger improve urban carbon emission efficiency? An empirical analysis based on the difference-in-differences model JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sustainable Cities VOLUME=Volume 7 - 2025 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/articles/10.3389/frsc.2025.1561308 DOI=10.3389/frsc.2025.1561308 ISSN=2624-9634