2023
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1130652
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Heterogeneity of environmental protection law’s impact on firms’ pollutant discharge

Abstract: In 2015, China revised its Environmental Protection Law to strengthen regulations on firms’ pollution discharge. However, the efficacy of this law in protecting the environment remains unclear. Using panel data from China’s listed firms spanning from 2010 to 2020, this paper applies the continuous difference model to analyze the impact of the Environmental Protection Law on firms’ pollutant emissions. The results demonstrate a significant and consistent reduction in both total pollutant emissions and pollutant… Show more

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“…Faced with the pressure of carbon emissions, the Chinese government often seeks breakthroughs at the policy level. Currently, the government has effectively promoted China's carbon emission reduction process through various policies and practices, such as environmental protection laws and regulations [2], environmental governance investment [3], and lowcarbon city pilot projects [4]. These carbon reduction policies share a common feature, as they are mostly mandatory policies issued by the Chinese central government and implemented by local governments, which we refer to as top-down environmental regulatory Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy policies.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Faced with the pressure of carbon emissions, the Chinese government often seeks breakthroughs at the policy level. Currently, the government has effectively promoted China's carbon emission reduction process through various policies and practices, such as environmental protection laws and regulations [2], environmental governance investment [3], and lowcarbon city pilot projects [4]. These carbon reduction policies share a common feature, as they are mostly mandatory policies issued by the Chinese central government and implemented by local governments, which we refer to as top-down environmental regulatory Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy • Author Copy policies.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%