Assessing the impact of environmental regulation and environmental co-governance on pollution transfer: Micro-evidence from China

Li, Mengjie; Du, Weijian; Song-lin, Tang

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106467

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“…First, from the standpoint of cost and expense, the study holds that the investment of pollution management is positively related to the intensity of ER; that is, the higher the percentage of industrial cost in controlling pollution, the more conducive to environmental protection (Cheng et al 2017). Second, based on the perspective of pollution emissions, some scholars use the proportion of industrial sulfur dioxide, smoke (dust), and other pollutants in the total emissions to measure ER (Li et al 2021b;Du and Li 2020). However, to a large extent, these indicators reflect the production and emission stages of carbon dioxide, causing endogeneity.…”

Section: Explanatory Variable: Environmental Regulation (Er)mentioning

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Environmental regulation and manufacturing carbon emissions in China: a new perspective on local government competition

Liu

Xin

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Environmental regulation is a crucial way to achieve manufacturing green transformation. However, few studies have explored the spatial spillover effects and regional boundaries of environmental regulation on manufacturing carbon emissions from the perspective of local government competition. Based on the manufacturing panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2007 to 2019, this paper uses the spatial Durbin model to examine the impact mechanisms, spatial spillover effects, regional boundaries and industry heterogeneity of environmental regulation, and local government competition on manufacturing carbon emissions. The results show that (1) environmental regulation suppresses local manufacturing carbon emissions, local government competition increases local manufacturing carbon emissions, but the interaction indicates that local governments tend to top-to-top competition under the constraints of environmental regulation. (2) The spatial spillover effect of environmental regulation has regional boundaries. The regional boundary with a positive spillover effect is 600 km, and the regional boundary with a negative spillover effect is 1600 km. (3) Environmental regulation and local government competition have spatial heterogeneity in the carbon reduction effects of seven-type manufacturing industries. These findings suggest concrete evidence for developing policies for further encouraging green development in manufacturing.

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Section: Explanatory Variable: Environmental Regulation (Er)mentioning

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Environmental regulation and manufacturing carbon emissions in China: a new perspective on local government competition

Liu

Xin

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…Only a few relevant studies have been done on the relationship between governance synergy and environmental pollution. Li et al [21] constructed a comprehensive index of environmental regulation and the degree of environmental co-governance at the enterprise level. The analysis of the influencing mechanism shows that environmental co-governance can reduce the probability of enterprise migration, inhibit the transfer of pollution to nearby areas, and improve the efficiency of environmental governance.…”

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To Advance Industrial Green Technology via Environmental Governance—Evidence from China’s Industrial Sector

Shi

2021

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Industrial green technology progress is an effective way to realize high-quality economic development in China. The different competitive incentives of local governments make a difference in the intensity of environmental regulation between regions. The intensity of environmental regulation is different in different areas of the same industry, leading to the inter-regional transfer of pollution enterprises. The regional distribution of industries is different, which determines the different industries’ needs to coordinate different regions. Only when various industries realize the coordination of regional governance can they jointly promote the progress of industrial green technology. Based on data from 33 industrial sectors in China from 2001 to 2015 and considering the institutional evolution of governance synergy, this study comprehensively investigated the influence mechanism of local government environmental regulation on the industrial green technology progress using the mediating effect model. We found that environmental regulation promoted industrial technological progress through governance synergy and a low degree of inter-regional regulation coordination hindered the industries’ green technology progress. With the change in inter-regional governance synergy levels, we further discovered that the impact of environmental regulation on industrial green technology progress changed substantially. At a low level of governance synergy, environmental regulation inhibited industrial green technology progress. At a high level of governance synergy, environmental regulation promoted industrial green technology progress. While strengthening environmental regulation, we should promote inter-regional cooperation at the industry level. Only by collectively enforcing pollution regulations in industrial level can industrial green technology progress be promoted.

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“…On the one hand, new enterprises will fully consider the influence of regional environmental regulation intensity on cost in decisions regarding site selection (Becker &Henderson 2000). On the other hand, the differences in environmental regulation intensity in different areas cause incumbent enterprises to seek pollution shelters; that is, they transfer between regions with different environmental regulations (Li et al 2021, Walker 2011).…”

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Can environmental regulation solve China's employment dilemma: Empirical analysis based on scale and structure effects

2021

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Whether the environmental regulation policy can achieve the double dividend of pollution control and employment promotion is a problem worthy of further discussion. This paper studies the effect of environmental regulation on employment scale and employment structure. Based on the matching data, the empirical results show that environmental regulations enhance the employment scale of enterprise. From the perspective of employment structure, labor redistribution, which is caused by environmental regulation, is mainly reflected in the employment creation and employment destruction effects, which lead to the optimization of the employment structure. Further research shows that environmental regulations expand employment scale but have different impacts on the employment structure in the developed and undeveloped regions of China. In addition, internal and external factors, such as enterprise innovation and institutional environment, may affect the relationship of environmental regulation and employment of enterprise. This paper provides theoretical support for the promotion of the construction of ecological civilizations and the solving of the employment dilemma.

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Assessing the impact of environmental regulation and environmental co-governance on pollution transfer: Micro-evidence from China

Cited by 129 publications

References 35 publications

Environmental regulation and manufacturing carbon emissions in China: a new perspective on local government competition

Environmental regulation and manufacturing carbon emissions in China: a new perspective on local government competition

To Advance Industrial Green Technology via Environmental Governance—Evidence from China’s Industrial Sector

Can environmental regulation solve China's employment dilemma: Empirical analysis based on scale and structure effects

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