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Impact of Environmental Regulation on Export Technological Complexity of High-Tech Industries in Chinese Manufacturing

“…However, other studies indicate that the implementation of environmental regulation policies has a positive impact on economic development (Alexander and Schwandt 2022;Assunção et al 2023;Barrage 2020;Iverson and Karp 2021;Reynaert 2021). On the one hand, the implementation of environmental regulation policies can promote technological innovation (Aversa and Guillotin 2018;Mbanyele and Wang 2022;Saqib et al 2023;Ullah et al 2023;Xu 2023), with the representative view being the "Porter Hypothesis". This hypothesis suggests that conducting moderate environmental regulation activities can stimulate technological innovation activities by enterprises, resulting in efficiency gains.…”

“…Major Findings (Fuadah et al 2022;Gnangnon 2022;Huang et al 2022) Explanations of the term "regulation" (Oginni and Omojowo 2016;Phuoc 2022;Santos 2023) Regulation as a concrete institutional arrangement from an economic perspective (Manatovna et al 2023;Oginni and Omojowo 2016) Government regulations aimed at achieving economic growth (Nõmmela and Kõrbe Kaare 2022;Novitasari and Tarigan 2022;Sapta et al 2021) Environmental regulation is a force aimed at constraining entities responsible for pollution (Blundell et al 2020;Jin et al 2019;Naime 2017) Environmental regulation effectively controls the generation of new pollution (Novitasari and Tarigan 2022;Oginni and Omojowo 2016) The government is responsible for formulating the specific implementation details of environmental regulation policies and ensuring their effective implementation (Blundell et al 2020;Borenstein et al 2019) Strengthening environmental constraints would increase the cost of pollution control for enterprises, imposing a greater burden on production (Bigerna et al 2019;Kee and Tang 2016;Reynaert 2021) The implementation of environmental regulation inhibits export trade in EU countries (Graham and Wada 2002;Malecki 2003;Yang et al 2022a) Investigating the relationship between environmental regulation and China's export trade (Alexander and Schwandt 2022;Assunção et al 2023;Barrage 2020;Iverson and Karp 2021;Reynaert 2021) The implementation of environmental regulation policies has a positive impact on economic development (Aversa and Guillotin 2018;Mbanyele and Wang 2022;Saqib et al 2023;Ullah et al 2023;Xu 2023) The implementa...…”

“…In the initial stages of implementing environmental regulation policies, the impact on enterprise production is mostly unfavorable. Environmental regulation policies impose additional pollution control costs on enterprises, adding to the burden of production (Ramzy and Zaki 2018;Song et al 2023;Tarei et al 2021;Xu 2023). The greater the intensity of regulation in the region where the enterprise is located, the higher the pollution emission standards.…”

“…On the other hand, after the intensity of environmental regulation policies increases, high-tech enterprises strive to achieve green innovation in production technology, reducing the pollution produced by products while maximizing profits. This further enhances the competitiveness of high-tech products, forming a green competitive advantage in high-tech products (Mbanyele and Wang 2022;Song et al 2023;Xu 2023). Under the dual influence of external environmental protection pressure and internal profit stimulation, the increase in the intensity of environmental regulation promotes the development of green technological innovation in high-tech enterprises, contributing to the increase in technological complexity of high-tech industries in manufacturing.…”

“…Although heavy-polluting industries like steel, chemicals, petroleum, and coal are greatly affected by environmental regulations (Yang et al 2023a), the environmental regulatory pressure faced by high-tech industries within the manufacturing sector should not be underestimated. The strengthening of environmental regulations will pose greater pressure on China's high-tech industries within the manufacturing sector, leading to increased production costs (Jin et al 2019;Mbanyele and Wang 2022;Song et al 2023;Xu 2023). In this context, to maximize profits, enterprises will intensify innovation and research and development efforts to further improve production efficiency and product added value.…”