Economy and Sustainability—How Economic Integration Stimulates Stringent Environmental Regulations

Tosun, Jale; Knill, Christoph

doi:10.3390/su1041305

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“…Similarly, both Zhan et al 2014and Liu et al (2018) find that environmental protection in China is lacking because of the country's weak enforcement of rules and regulations. As such, scholars have suggested that improving existing regulatory frameworks and rule enforcement effectiveness are promising paths for stimulating sustainable development (de Abreu 2009;Tosun and Knill 2009). We expect a similar dynamic to apply in the context of CSP.…”

Section: Rule Of Lawmentioning

confidence: 81%

Does good governance mean better corporate social performance? A comparative study of OECD countries

Kaufmann

Lafarre

2020

International Public Management Journal

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Policymakers are increasingly concerned with enabling sustainable corporate behavior as part of the transition toward a more sustainable society. Yet, it remains unclear to what extent a country's governance quality impacts on the sustainable behavior of firms. Drawing on the good governance literature, we hypothesize that the quality of different governance dimensions at the nation-level affects corporate social performance (CSP). This reasoning is tested using a longitudinal data set that combines nation-level and firm-level observations. Different model specifications confirm that countries with a better governance quality have higher CSP. In particular, higher levels of voice and accountability, regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption are positively associated with CSP across model specifications. We conclude with a discussion of the implications for research and practice.

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Section: Rule Of Lawmentioning

confidence: 81%

Does good governance mean better corporate social performance? A comparative study of OECD countries

Kaufmann

Lafarre

2020

International Public Management Journal

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“…The design of ERs is of crucial importance to examine the Porter Hypothesis. According to Majumdar and Tosun [29,30], ERs were divided into two types: flexible and inflexible. Flexible regulation characterized by little administrative control encourages industrial enterprises to develop appropriate processes to meet environmental standards, while inflexible regulation combines powerful administrative control with little incentive [5].…”

Section: Independent Variablementioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Environmental Regulations on Technological Innovation Efficiency in China’s Industrial Enterprises: A Spatial Analysis

et al. 2019

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China’s traditional industrial model is characterized by high energy consumption and high pollution, which results in many environmental problems that cannot be ignored. To achieve sustainable development, the Chinese government has proposed five development concepts of “innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing”. This initiative highlights the urgency of China’s efforts to strengthen environmental regulation. Based on the panel data of industrial enterprises in China from 2006 to 2015, this study not only investigates the spatial features of technological innovation efficiency, but also examines the relationship between technology innovation efficiency and environmental regulations from a spatial perspective. The results indicate that first, China’s provincial-level technological innovation efficiencies are uneven in space. Second, voluntary regulation positively affects the technological innovation efficiency of industrial enterprises at the provincial level, while mandatory regulation has no significant impact. Third, there is a spatial spillover effect in voluntary regulation at the provincial level. One highlight implication is that the government should promulgate environmental regulations based on each province’s technological innovation potential, due to the spatial differences in technological innovation activities.

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“…Three types of the model are defined as follows: When δ = 0, Equation 13is an SDM model; when δ = 0, γ = 0, it is an SLM model; when σ = 0, η = 0, and δ = 0, it is an SEM model. [55] divided ERs into agile regulations and stiff regulations. Chris et al [56] divided ERs into voluntary regulations and mandatory regulations.…”

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Environmental Regulations on the Spatial Spillover of the Sustainable Development Capability of Chinese Clustered Ports

Chen

et al. 2021

JMSE

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For years, China has adopted environmental regulations in developing ports to improve their sustainability. Based on the data of Chinese ports from 2009 to 2018, this paper presents a data envelopment analysis model with subdividing input-output indicator weights and develops it further in two stages with the weight preference and the slacks-based measure, respectively. After assessing the sustainable development capability (SDC) of Chinese ports and their spatial correlation, it revealed that Chinese ports are clustered in several regions and their SDC has spilled over into their neighbors. Further study revealed the SDC is affected by environmental regulations in different ways: as a key measure among regulations to improve the SDC, voluntary regulation has a spatial spillover effect, but neither the mandatory regulation nor public media regulation can significantly improve the SDC. This suggests that the port authority should enact environmental regulations based on the port spatial difference and the port should expand its operation scale and market size and recruit more top talent, which is good for improving its productivity and reducing its carbon emissions.

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Economy and Sustainability—How Economic Integration Stimulates Stringent Environmental Regulations

Cited by 12 publications

References 28 publications

Does good governance mean better corporate social performance? A comparative study of OECD countries

Does good governance mean better corporate social performance? A comparative study of OECD countries

Effects of Environmental Regulations on Technological Innovation Efficiency in China’s Industrial Enterprises: A Spatial Analysis

Environmental Regulations on the Spatial Spillover of the Sustainable Development Capability of Chinese Clustered Ports

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