Dynamic relationship among environmental regulation, innovation, CO2 emissions, population, and economic growth in OECD countries: A panel investigation

Hashmi, Rubayyat; Alam, Khorshed

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.325

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“…The composition of the atmosphere changes due to the emission of various gases from fossil fuel combustion and human production activities [37]. Therefore, reasonable air pollution environmental regulations can not only promote the reduction of pollution emissions, but also help to reduce CO 2 emissions [38]. Wang and Hao (2012) found that implementing the reduction policies of CO 2 emission can achieve the win-win situation in reducing air pollution and CO 2 emissions [39].…”

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“…(3) The IS industry could set a reasonable carbon tax, maintain reasonable environmental regulation intensity, effectively implement various environmental policies, and control the CO 2 emissions of the industry. Promoting green innovation through carbon pricing and further reducing CO 2 emissions are basic drivers of climate change policy [38]. However, if the carbon tax is unreasonable, in the long run, the cost of enterprises is greater than the cost of short-term excessive energy consumption, resulting in an increase in CO 2 emissions caused by environmental regulation policies.…”

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An Inverted-U Impact of Environmental Regulations on Carbon Emissions in China’s Iron and Steel Industry: Mechanisms of Synergy and Innovation Effects

Fan

Zhou

2020

Sustainability

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Based on a panel data of China’s iron and steel (IS) industry from 2000 to 2014, this paper explores the impact of environmental regulations on CO2 emissions in the industry. The results show that there is a clear inverted-U relationship between environmental regulations and CO2 emissions in the IS industry. Additionally, there are regional heterogeneity and regulatory intensity on the impact of environmental regulations on CO2 emissions. The results in the eastern region are consistent with the whole sample results, while the upward trend in the central region and the downward trend in the western region together lay the basis for the inverted-U shape of the whole sample. High environmental regulations affect CO2 emissions in an inverted-U shape, while low environmental regulations present a U shape. The mechanisms of environmental regulations affecting CO2 emissions are synergy effect and technological innovation effect. Finally, this paper proposes some policy recommendations according to the above findings.

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An Inverted-U Impact of Environmental Regulations on Carbon Emissions in China’s Iron and Steel Industry: Mechanisms of Synergy and Innovation Effects

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Zhou

2020

Sustainability

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“…Meanwhile, the impact of environmental regulation is discussed in the literature (Albulescu, Artene, Luminosu, & T am aşil a, 2019;Hashmi & Alam, 2019;Ouyang et al, 2019) and environmental policy measures increase energy efficiency that reduces CO 2 emissions (Danish, Ulucak, Khan, Baloch, & Li, 2019). Environmental regulation affects the environment either directly or indirectly; for instance, negative environmental regulation measures may directly influence the courage of governments, corporates, and residences for CO 2 emission mitigation.…”

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Relationship between energy intensity and CO₂ emissions: Does economic policy matter?

Ulucak

Khan

2020

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In an environment with economic policy uncertainty, the policies of energy efficiency are probably compromised due to weak regulation measures. Inconsistent economic policies may lead to higher energy consumption, which damages the environment. However, works of literature are silent on the role of economic policy uncertainty in carbon emission and energy nexus. Hence, the study is an attempt to investigate the role of economic policy uncertainty in the relationship between energy intensity and carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions in the United States by using annual data spanning from 1985 to 2017. A recent time series method proposed by Jordan and Philips (2018) is employed to get robust and consistent estimation results in the study. Empirical results reveal that (a) higher energy intensity contributes to pollution, (b) economic policy uncertainty adversely affects environmental quality, (c) economic policy uncertainty strengthens the detrimental effect of energy intensity on CO 2 emissions.

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“…Shen, Liao et al [28] utilized the Chinese industry in the period of 2000-2016 and adopted meta-frontier Malmquist-Luenberger to study the effect of technology gaps and pollution emissions on the total factor productivity. Hashmi et al [29] examined the effects of environmental regulation and innovation on the carbon emission reduction of OECD countries during the period of 1999-2014. Wang et al [30] used panel data of OECD countries' industrial sectors to analyze the stringency of environmental regulation policies and measure green productivity growth employing an extended SBM directional distance function approach.…”

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Analysis of Coordinated Development of Energy and Environment in China’s Manufacturing Industry under Environmental Regulation: A Comparative Study of Sub-Industries

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In order to explore the impact of environmental regulation on the coordinated development of energy and the environment with the background of governance transition, we propose a three-stage integrated approach and use the panel data of China’s manufacturing industry 27 sub-sectors during the period of 2006–2015. In the first stage, according to the environmental pollution intensity, the manufacturing industry is divided into heavily polluting industry, moderately polluting industry, and lightly polluting industry. The second stage is employed the slacks-based measure (SBM)-undesirable method to study the sub-industries’ green energy-environmental efficiency under different environmental pollution intensities. Besides, the dynamic changes of technical innovation and efficiency among different industries are analyzed through the Malmquist productivity index. For the purpose of investigating the transmission mechanism of the Porter’s hypothesis and exploring the compound effects of environmental regulation and governance transition on green development, in the third stage, we use the panel data analysis to conduct more in-depth research on the relationship between environmental regulation, governance transition, and technical innovation. Results show that the highest average green energy-environmental efficiency is lightly polluting industry, which is 0.52, followed by the heavily polluting industry at 0.40, and the lowest is the moderately polluting industry, which is 0.32. By decomposing total factor productivity, heavily polluting industry is at the forefront of technical innovation. Panel data analysis results indicate that investment in research and development and governance transition could promote the growth of total factor productivity for manufacturing.

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Dynamic relationship among environmental regulation, innovation, CO2 emissions, population, and economic growth in OECD countries: A panel investigation

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An Inverted-U Impact of Environmental Regulations on Carbon Emissions in China’s Iron and Steel Industry: Mechanisms of Synergy and Innovation Effects

An Inverted-U Impact of Environmental Regulations on Carbon Emissions in China’s Iron and Steel Industry: Mechanisms of Synergy and Innovation Effects

Relationship between energy intensity and CO₂ emissions: Does economic policy matter?

Analysis of Coordinated Development of Energy and Environment in China’s Manufacturing Industry under Environmental Regulation: A Comparative Study of Sub-Industries

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Dynamic relationship among environmental regulation, innovation, CO2 emissions, population, and economic growth in OECD countries: A panel investigation

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An Inverted-U Impact of Environmental Regulations on Carbon Emissions in China’s Iron and Steel Industry: Mechanisms of Synergy and Innovation Effects

An Inverted-U Impact of Environmental Regulations on Carbon Emissions in China’s Iron and Steel Industry: Mechanisms of Synergy and Innovation Effects

Relationship between energy intensity and CO2 emissions: Does economic policy matter?

Analysis of Coordinated Development of Energy and Environment in China’s Manufacturing Industry under Environmental Regulation: A Comparative Study of Sub-Industries

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