Does environmental pollution promote China's crime rate? A new perspective through government official corruption

Wu, Haitao; Xia, Yu-feng; Yang, Xiaodong; Hao, Yu; Ren, Siyu

doi:10.1016/j.strueco.2021.04.006

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“…In addition, the dependent variable in the current period may be confounded by the dependent variable in the previous period. Referring to Wu et al ( 2021 ), this paper opts to introduce the lag term of the economic low-carbon transition and conducts the analysis using SYS-GMM. The specific model settings are as follows: …”

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The impact of local government competition and green technology innovation on economic low-carbon transition: new insights from China

Liu

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The government-led Chinese economic development system determines that local government competition is a significant factor affecting the economic low-carbon transition. Driving an economic development mode with green technology innovation as the core is the critical path to realizing an economic low-carbon transition. Consequently, it is of significant practical relevance to investigate the impact of local government competition and green technology innovation on the economic low-carbon transition under the government-led Chinese economic development system. This paper systematically explores the nexus between green technology innovation and economic low-carbon transition in terms of local government competition perspective using the system generalized method of moments, panel threshold model, and geographically weighted regression on the basis of a dataset of 30 provincial administrative areas in China from a period of 2006–2019. The results indicate that green technology innovation significantly promotes the economic low-carbon transition. Local government competition not only significantly dampens the economic low-carbon transition but also considerably inhibits the positive effect of green technology innovation on the economic low-carbon transition. A significant N-shaped association is evident between green technology innovation and the economic low-carbon transition when green technology innovation is applied as a threshold, while such association is insignificant when local government competition is used as a threshold. Compared with high-competition intensity areas, green technology innovation promotes economic low-carbon transition weaker in low- competition intensity areas, while local government competition inhibits economic low-carbon transition stronger. However, local government competition significantly inhibits the positive effect of green technology innovation on the economic low-carbon transition in low-competition intensity areas, while insignificant in high-competition intensity areas. The geographically weighted regression technique as a whole also verified the above results. Therefore, policymakers should not only increase research and development investment in green technologies, but also develop a regionally linked low-carbon emission reduction system to avoid ineffective competition among governments to facilitate the earlier fulfillment of the “dual carbon” goal.

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The impact of local government competition and green technology innovation on economic low-carbon transition: new insights from China

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…For instance, environmental pollution will increase residents' health costs, and the probability of illness will increase for low‐income groups (Schoolman & Ma, 2012). It can also lead to an increase in crime rates (Wu et al, 2021), as environmental pollution can cause negative psychological symptoms such as anxiety, anger and depression (Zeidner & Shechter, 1988). Unsustainable corporate environmental policies can damage relationships with stakeholders and hinder the development or maintenance of long‐term relationships with communities (Aragón‐Correa & Rubio‐Lopez, 2007; Child & Tsai, 2005; Delmas & Toffel, 2004; Hyatt & Berente, 2017).…”

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How do female CEOs affect corporate environmental policies?

Zhang

Guo

Nurdazym

2022

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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How do female Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) affect corporate environmental policies? This study develops a theoretical argument by incorporating the role of gender into the context of corporate environmental policies. Specifically, we differentiate corporate environmental policies into sustainable and unsustainable environmental policies. We also hypothesize a positive relationship between female CEOs and corporate sustainable environmental policies because women possess communal qualities and tend to be more stakeholder‐oriented compared with men. Moreover, we also propose a negative relationship between female CEOs and corporate unsustainable environmental policies because of women's risk aversion. We further predict that female CEOs with in‐group members will enhance the behavioral preferences of female leaders. Thus, we propose that the presence of in‐group members strengthens the relationship between female CEOs and corporate environmental policies. Using a longitudinal data set of Chinese listed firms from 2008 to 2018, we found strong empirical support for our predictions. Implications for the literature on gender and corporate environmental policies are also discussed.

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“…It is particularly important to take into account spatial dependencies, and ignoring them can produce biases, inaccuracies, and inconsistencies in the results [28,29]. Third, the previous studies are mostly static analyses, and the endogeneity problem caused by reverse causality could not be effectively addressed [30]. Therefore, this paper applies PVAR method to analyze the dynamic effects of financial development and trade openness on electricity consumption.…”

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Electricity Consumption in China: The Effects of Financial Development and Trade Openness

Duan

Guo

2021

Sustainability

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As China is facing the double pressure of economic growth as well as energy-saving and reduction of emissions, reducing electricity consumption without affecting economic development is a challenging and critical issue. Based on 31 provincial panel’s data in China from 2004 to 2018, this study empirically analyzes the direction and degree of the impact of financial development and trade openness on electricity consumption using the spatial econometric approach and panel vector autoregression (PVAR) model. The results indicate that China’s electricity consumption presents a significant spatial spill over effect, and the spatial agglomeration of electricity consumption in local regions is mainly HH clusters. A 1% positive change in financial development causes an increase of 0.089% in electricity consumption, but a 1% rise in financial development reduces electricity consumption of neighboring regions by 0.051%. A 1% positive change in trade openness decreases electricity consumption by 0.051%, while the spatial spillover effect of trade openness is not significant. It is also found that financial development has a long-term promoting effect on electricity consumption, while trade openness has a long-term inhibiting effect on electricity consumption.

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Does environmental pollution promote China's crime rate? A new perspective through government official corruption

Cited by 48 publications

References 76 publications

The impact of local government competition and green technology innovation on economic low-carbon transition: new insights from China

The impact of local government competition and green technology innovation on economic low-carbon transition: new insights from China

How do female CEOs affect corporate environmental policies?

Electricity Consumption in China: The Effects of Financial Development and Trade Openness

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