Environmental Regulation In China Research Articles

Local protectionism and national oversight: political connection and the enforcement of environmental regulation in China

Local protectionism and national oversight: political connection and the enforcement of environmental regulation in China

Research on the path of green technology innovation driven by the Environmental Protection Tax Law: Based on data of heavy polluting enterprises.

Environmental Protection Tax Law (EPTL) is a compulsory environmental regulation measure adopted by China to deal with environmental problems. However, with the advancement of implementation, the EPTL produces a dissimilation effect and damages the realization of the Porter hypothesis effect. The study examines the dissimilation effect of green technology innovation regulated by the EPTL using sample data from heavy pollution firms in China. According to the empirical test results: (1) the coordination between levies and administrations, differential tax rate setting, tax information sharing, definition of the scope of levy and administration, tax declaration counseling, and tax rate level verification produce the dissimilation effect; (2) the Porter hypothesis effect of the EPTL is the most significant in medium-sized enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises. By constructing the research model group of dissimilation effect, this study analyzes the application of environmental regulation in China's social and economic background, thus providing a reference for developing of the green economy.

Impact of an official accountability audit on industrial structure adjustment: a case study of environmental regulation in China

As a unique environmental regulation in China, the official accountability audit was piloted in 2014. With a focus on prioritizing the ecological environment, officials in pilot districts have implemented economic construction, adjusted industrial structures, and promoted coordinated development between the economy and environment. The effects of implementation have garnered widespread attention from society. However, there is limited research on the impact of an accountability audit on industrial structure adjustments. Using the “Accountability Audit of Officials for Natural Resource Assets (Trial)” released in 2015 as a quasi-natural experiment, this study collected panel data from 279 cities between 2013 and 2017. It then empirically analyzed the impact mechanism and effects of the accountability audit on industrial structure adjustment using the Propensity Score Matching and Difference-in-Differences model. The research findings indicate that the accountability audit directly impacted industrial structure adjustment, promoting the upgrading of the primary industry to the secondary industry and restricting the development of the tertiary industry. In addition, the audit is beneficial for enterprise entry, but not conducive to technological innovation, and has no significant impact on foreign direct investment. This conclusion fills a gap in the existing research and provides valuable insights for policymakers.

The Impact of Heterogeneous Environmental Regulation Tools on Economic Growth: Can Environmental Protection and Economic Growth Be Win-Win?

This paper explores the relationship between economic growth and environmental regulation using panel data for 30 provinces in China from 2009–2021 using the fixed effects model and the threshold model. First, the baseline regression results show that market-based environmental regulation promotes economic growth. However, command-and-control environmental regulation in China can not promote China’s economic growth. Second, further research has shown that environmental regulation’s role in promoting the economy is constrained by the intensity of environmental regulation. Market-based environmental regulation is only able to promote economic growth when the intensity is low. If the intensity of market-based environmental regulation is too high, market-based environmental regulation, on the contrary, can not promote economic growth. Third, The impact of market-based environmental regulation on economic growth also is found to be constrained by the level of economic development: market-based environmental regulation does not promote economic growth when the economy is less developed. It is only when the economy has reached a high level that market-based environmental regulation will contribute to economic growth. Finally, this paper finds that financial development and market-based environmental regulation can synergize to promote economic growth.

The impact of environmental regulations on the green development of the mariculture industry: empirical analysis based on provincial panel data in coastal areas of China.

With the continuous increase in global mariculture production and aquaculture areas, the environmental pollution caused by the mariculture industry is becoming increasingly serious. Faced with environmental issues, countries worldwide have formulated environmental regulations to scientifically intervene in marine environmental pollution issues and promote the green development of the mariculture industry. However, we must determine if strict environmental regulations can effectively promote the green development of the mariculture industry. This article uses the inter-provincial panel data of China's coastal areas from 2003 to 2019 as a sample. We use the entropy-technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution method to measure the intensity of environmental regulation in China's coastal areas and the level of green development of the mariculture industry. On this basis, an economic geography nested matrix was selected to construct a spatial panel econometric model to empirically explore the impact of environmental regulations on the green development of the mariculture industry. This approach also allows us to examine the heterogeneity of the impact of different types of environmental regulations on the green development of the mariculture industry. The research results indicate that environmental regulations have a "U-shaped" impact on the green development of the local mariculture industry, while they have an inverted "U-shaped" impact on the green development of the nearby mariculture industry. Furthermore, heterogeneity exists in the impact of different types of environmental regulations on the green development of the mariculture industry. Based on the research results, this article proposes policy recommendations from the perspectives of flexibly adjusting the intensity of environmental regulations, accelerating the development of voluntary-based environmental regulations, and regulating competition among local governments, which can provide decision-making references for the government to adjust environmental regulation policies and improve the level of green development in the mariculture industry.

The Impact of Technological Innovation on Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation in China

This study delves into the effects of agricultural technological innovation on agricultural green total factor productivity (AGTFP) and the intermediating role of environmental regulation (ER) in 30 Chinese provinces from 2010 to 2021. Employing mediation analysis methods such as the three-step approach, Sobel–Goodman test, and Bootstrap methods, the findings are robust: technological innovation significantly enhances AGTFP, as evidenced by a 1% level significant coefficient of 0.030. Additionally, ER acts as a potent mediator, where its inclusion as an independent variable alongside agricultural technological innovation (AST) boosts the coefficient to 0.031, further confirming its synergistic effect on AGTFP. These data points underline the importance of innovation in agricultural sustainability and the reinforcing role of environmental regulation. Consequently, this study advocates for intensified agricultural innovation support, tailored environmental regulation policies, augmented environmental education, and a meticulous evaluation system for environmental legislation to foster sustainable agricultural practices.

Can China’s Campaign-Style Environmental Regulation Improve the Green Total Factor Productivity?

The central environmental inspection policy serves as a pivotal instrument for environmental regulation in China, closely intertwined with the nation’s economic and social development into a greener model. Based on the urban data of China from 2004 to 2018, this paper employs a regression discontinuity design to empirically test the inherent mechanism of the central environmental inspection policy’s impact on green total factor productivity, and attempts to analyze its impact on technological progress from the perspective of a bias towards technological advancement. This study found that central environmental inspections can significantly improve green total factor productivity, the mechanism behind this improvement being through the enhancement of technological progress, while having a negative impact on technical efficiency. Additionally, we found that the impact of policies on technological progress is mainly through increasing the magnitude of technological progress, rather than favoring technological progress. The results of this research provide reasonable suggestions for the Chinese government to revise their environmental inspection system.

Environmental Regulatory Policy and Economic Development in China: Purpose and Consequence

Based on the development history of environmental regulation in China and the corresponding economic situation, this paper discusses whether environmental regulation policies in northeast, southwest and central China are conducive to local economic development. The purpose of this paper is to derive appropriate environmental regulatory policies for regions with different economic conditions. The restoration of ecology and the goal of green production in Northeast China have prompted strict environmental protection policies. However, considering the relatively backward level of local economic development, environmental regulation policies should be relaxed appropriately to give way to economic development. However, Southwest China has a serious ecological destruction problem. The implementation of environmental policies can help Southwest China achieve technological innovation, scientific and technological development and economic growth. Therefore, relatively strict environmental regulation policies should be adopted. Central China has a relatively high level of economic development, but there are also problems such as low resource utilization rate. Therefore, strict environmental policies should be adopted accordingly to promote Central China to improve resource utilization rate, production efficiency and technological innovation, so as to promote economic growth.

Environmental risk exposure and executive pay-for-performance sensitivity

We study how firms adjust the executive's pay-for-performance sensitivity in response to changes in environmental risks. Using the 2017 Environmental Regulation in China as a natural experiment, we show that firms lower their pay-for-performance sensitivity without changing the overall level of compensation when the central government imposes a higher standard of environmental policy. This effect is more pronounced in non-SOEs and firms with higher accounting performance pressure, worse environmental performance, and a stricter legal environment. Our findings highlight how firms adjust compensation contracts based on changes in business risks. It also shows how changes in government regulation (e.g., environmental policy) might affect corporate behavior, such as compensation policy.

Promote or Inhibit? The Green Effect of Environmental Regulation in China—Based on the Perspective of FDI

Promote or Inhibit? The Green Effect of Environmental Regulation in China—Based on the Perspective of FDI

Emission leakage and the effectiveness of regional environmental regulation in China

This paper examines the emission leakage by the regional environmental regulation applied in Beijing and its surrounding area. Using the unique firm-level daily emission data, we develop a novel model to estimate the size of immediate leakage through the price mechanism. Our empirics find that leakage offsets about 60% of the total amount of emission reduction in the regulated region and the aggregate emission reduction is less than two percent. We also use the iron and steel industry as an example to show how the prices of input and output factors respond to the regulation.

Estimating the Economic Impact of Intensifying Environmental Regulation in China

Estimating the Economic Impact of Intensifying Environmental Regulation in China

Invisible economy, performance assessment of local governments, and environmental regulation in China.

Currently, environmental regulation in China is characterized by partial improvement and overall deterioration of the environment. To investigate the impact of China's environmental regulation on the country's environment, we consider the invisible economy by constructing a Stackelberg game model between local governments and polluting enterprises based on the Chinese institutional structure. We derive the following findings: (1) Increasing the invisible economic production scale causes the enterprise to reduce the pollution control level, resulting in increasing total pollutant emissions. Increasing the invisible economy production scale increases the enterprise's profit but undermines the utility of the local government. (2) The higher the proportion of environmental performance in the performance assessment of the local government is, the greater is the incentive for the local government to regulate the environment, which can force the enterprise to improve the pollution control level. However, there is an inefficient range for the proportion of environmental performance. (3) The lenient the pollutant emissions limit is, the weaker is the local government's environmental regulation intensity and the enterprise's pollution control level. (4) The higher the unit fine levied on the enterprise for excessive emissions is, the lower is the environmental regulation intensity of the local government, which can bring about improvement in the enterprise's pollution control level and reduction in total pollutant emissions. The results of the study have positive effects on sustainable environmental regulation in China under the invisible economy.

Does Environmental Regulation Promote Eco-Innovation Performance of Manufacturing Firms?—Empirical Evidence from China

As the world becomes more concerned about carbon emissions, the Chinese government, which is a large contributor to carbon emissions, has also begun to pay attention to the issue of carbon emissions. Environmental regulatory policies have been implemented to improve the environment, but are these policies really conducive to improving firms’ eco-innovation performance? This paper empirically investigates the relationship between environmental regulation policies and firms’ eco-innovation performance in China and finds that: firstly, environmental regulation in China is inadequate and that manufacturing eco-innovation performance is generally low; secondly, there is a U-shaped relationship between environmental regulation policies and firms’ eco-innovation performance; thirdly, there is significant industry and regional heterogeneity in the induced effects of environmental regulation tools; and fourthly, there is a mediating effect of industrial agglomeration on the promotion of firms’ eco-innovation performance. The conclusions of this paper are: firstly, that the Chinese government should continue to improve environmental regulations and strictly enforce them so that green becomes the colour of ‘economic recovery’; secondly, that the Chinese government should develop scientific and reasonable environmental regulatory policies according to local conditions; thirdly, that Chinese companies should increase their spending on research and development; and fourthly, that the Chinese government needs to optimise the industrial layout and support mechanisms. The Chinese government should play an active role in industrial agglomeration in technological innovation.

Biased technical change, capital deepening, and efficiency of environmental regulations: Evidence from the Chinese provinces

This study uses the Malmquist-Luenberger index to test how the capital-biased technical change affects the efficiency of environmental regulation in China using the provincial-level panel data from 2004 to 2018. It is found that there is a significant capital-biased technical change. The total factor productivity growth promotes the provincial-level efficiency of environmental regulation. However, capital deepening hinders the enhancement of the efficiency of environmental regulation. Finally, the Spatial Durbin model estimations indicate that the capital-biased technical change positively affects the provincial efficiency of environmental regulation, and its components exhibit remarkable spatial spillover effects.

A New Policy of Water Resources and Environmental Regulation in China.

As a developing country, China is facing serious water pollution and scarcity, which indicates the need for integrated water-resource and environmental regulations. Zoning policies have undergone significant advancements to enhance water-resource utilization in China. However, conflicts and overlaps still exist among these policies. To integrate these zoning policies and regulations, the "Three Lines One Permit" (TLOP) water-environment policy was formulated as a new framework, which included the goal for water quality, upper limits on water-resource utilization, and a permit list. This study presents the main achievements of the TLOP as a case-study in Jinan. The territories of Jinan were divided into 158 water-environment control-units (WECUs) and classified into two types of protected zones, three types of pollution-control zones, and ordinary zones. The total maximum pollutant-loads in the 158 WECUs, and 138 townships were calculated. The water-resource-utilization indicator values and ecological demand of key rivers were specified. The permit lists for the water environment at macroscale, mesoscale, and microscale were compiled from four perspectives: spatial constraints, emissions control, risk prevention, and resource utilization. Finally, suggestions were proposed to promote a more scientific and efficient TLOP policy to enhance human-water harmony.

Does environmental regulation improve public health? Evidence from China's Two Control Zones policy.

Improving public health is the premise of sustainable human development and an essential condition of economic growth. However, increasing severe environmental pollution poses a threat to public health. Implementing environmental regulation policy has become a meaningful way to control environmental pollution and the basis and guarantee for achieving public health. This paper aims to study the impact of environmental regulation on public health. The Two Control Zones (TCZ) policy is the earliest and stricter environmental regulation in China. Based on the policy experiment of TCZ, this paper analyzes the role of TCZ policy in improving public health using the DID model and data from 112 cities. The study finds that the TCZ policy can significantly improve public health, and this improvement effect was continuous and lagging. The results of benchmark regression show that the implementation of the TCZ policy has reduced the incidence rate of respiratory diseases in TCZ areas by 5.7%. When considering city heterogeneity in terms of economic and geographical conditions, the study further found that the impact of improvement is largest for cities in more heavily non-provincial capital and central and western regions, respectively. In addition, the results of mediating test show that TCZ policy improves public health by reducing environmental pollution. Our research fills the gap in the literature on the micro effects of environmental regulation policy on public health in developing countries. The government should prioritize environmental pollution control through reasonable environmental regulation policies. The government should strengthen environmental information disclosure to remind the public to deal with air pollution. The government and enterprises also should take various environmental protection measures to reduce air pollution emissions.

Does Environmental Regulation Promote Corporate Green Innovation? Empirical Evidence from Chinese Carbon Capture Companies

The proposal of the “double carbon” goal of “carbon peak, carbon neutralization” highlights the determination of China’s green and low-carbon development. Carbon capture is one of the essential ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and cope with climate change. Then, how to improve the green innovation capability of organizations and promote the transformation and upgrading of enterprises with green development is a practical problem that needs to be dealt with quickly. This paper uses multiple linear regression to investigate the impact of environmental regulation on corporate green innovation and explores the mediating effect of corporate environmental investment and the moderating effect of corporate digital transformation. The analysis results show that government environmental regulation can effectively enhance the green innovation of enterprises and environmental investments play an intermediary role. However, the development of environmental regulation in China is still relatively backward, and its positive incentive role needs to be further played. As a result, the government should strengthen environmental legislation while also accelerating system development, increasing corporate investment in environmental protection, and raising protection awareness among companies using digital network technology.

中国环境规制对旅游业碳排放强度影响的空间异质性

PDF HTML阅读 XML下载 导出引用 引用提醒 中国环境规制对旅游业碳排放强度影响的空间异质性 DOI: 10.5846/stxb202204251150 作者: 作者单位: 作者简介: 通讯作者: 中图分类号: 基金项目: 国家社会科学基金项目（21CGL008）；兵团社会科学基金项目（20YB09）；兵团自然科学基金项目（31760151）；湖南省自然科学基金项目（2022JJ30392） Spatial heterogeneity of the environmental regulation's impacts on the carbon emission intensity of tourism in China Author: Affiliation: Fund Project: 摘要 | 图/表 | 访问统计 | 参考文献 | 相似文献 | 引证文献 | 资源附件 | 文章评论 摘要:环境规制作为实现旅游低碳发展的重要动力之一，也是实现旅游业"碳达峰、碳中和"目标的有效路径。基于综合指数法和"自下而上"法，测度2005-2019年中国大陆30个省份（中国港澳台及西藏统计数据尚缺）的环境规制水平和旅游业碳排放强度，并借助面板回归模型和面板门槛模型探讨了环境规制对旅游业碳排放强度的影响及其区域异质性。结果表明：①研究期内，中国整体旅游业碳排放强度呈下降趋势；其中，中部地区下降趋势最为明显，其次分别为西部、东部和东北地区。②中国环境规制水平呈增长态势，其规制效应对胡焕庸线右侧的地区更为显著，并呈现出自东向西递减的梯度分布特征。③中国环境规制对旅游业碳排放强度存在明显的"倒逼减排"效应，但东北地区却存在一定的"绿色悖论"现象；环境规制对旅游业碳排放强度的影响存在单一阈值，当旅游能源强度小于阈值时，存在显著的"倒逼减排"效应，当旅游能源强度超过阈值时则存在"绿色悖论"效应。④东部地区环境规制未通过门槛效应检验；中部地区存在单个门槛值，环境规制有效促进旅游业碳排放强度的下降，不存在"绿色悖论"现象；西部和东北地区分别存在单、双门槛效应，环境规制对旅游业碳排放强度先促进后抑制。 Abstract:Environmental regulation, as one of the important driving forces to achieve low-carbon development of tourism, is also an effective way to achieve the goal of "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality" of tourism. Based on the comprehensive index method and bottom-up method, this paper measured the environmental regulation level and tourism carbon emission intensity of 30 provinces in the Chinese mainland from 2005 to 2019, and discussed the impact of environmental regulation on tourism carbon emission intensity and its regional heterogeneity with the help of panel regression model and panel threshold model. The results show that:①During the study period, the carbon emission intensity of China's overall tourism industry showed a downward trend; Among them, the central region has the most obvious downward trend, followed by the western, eastern and northeastern regions. ②The level of environmental regulation in China shows an increasing trend, and its regulation effect is more significant in the area on the right side of Hu Huanyong Line, showing a gradient distribution characteristic of decreasing from east to west. ③ The environmental regulation has obvious "forced emission reduction" effect on the carbon emission intensity of tourism, but there is a certain "green paradox" phenomenon in the Northeast China; There is a single threshold for the impact of environmental regulation on the carbon emission intensity of tourism. When the tourism energy intensity is less than the threshold, there is a significant "forced emission reduction" effect, while when the tourism energy intensity exceeds the threshold, there is a "green paradox" effect. ④The environmental regulation in the eastern region failed to pass the threshold effect test; There is a single threshold value in the central region, and the environmental regulation effectively promotes the decline of carbon emission intensity of tourism, and there is no "green paradox" phenomenon; There are single and double threshold effects in western China and northeast China respectively, and the environmental regulation first promotes and then inhibits the carbon emission intensity of tourism. 参考文献 相似文献 引证文献

Nexus between green financial development, green technological innovation and environmental regulation in China

Sustainable development goals (SDGs) in developing markets to be achieved via the optimization of environmental and financial policy frameworks, it is necessary to comprehend how environmental restrictions affect the nexus between economic stability and biased technical innovation. Thus, the research delves into how green financial development, technological innovation, and environmental regulation play a role in China's pursuit of sustainable development. The assertions were validated using the Generalized Method of Moments estimate using 30 province panel data in mainland China from 1995 to 2020. As shown by the data significant contribution to climate change per person in China's provinces has grown by an average of 15.54%. Green financial development and green technological innovation impact China's sustainable development goals. The results of endogeneity and other robustness tests support the existence of a causal relationship. Green financial innovation and green technical innovation are essential approaches for achieving environmental sustainability. Empirical findings inform the formulation of policy implications leading to the maintenance of green financing, green technological innovation, and environmental regulation as drivers of sustainable growth in the Chinese economy.