Institutional quality, green innovation and energy efficiency

Sun, Huaping; Edziah, Bless Kofi; Sun, Chuanwang; Kporsu, Anthony Kwaku

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111002

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“…Green and innovation have become the two most critical factors driving economic transformation in the countries dominated by industrial economy at this stage. However, the focus has been on the level of innovation in the past, making most Chinese enterprises to be at the innovative but not green stage of development [8]. Only by combining economic development and green development can we bring new growth points for sustainable economic development.…”

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The Interaction Effect between ESG and Green Innovation and Its Impact on Firm Value from the Perspective of Information Disclosure

2020

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Few studies have been conducted on whether the coexistence of green innovation and corporate social responsibility (CSR) has a favorable interaction effect on firm value. This interaction effect is of great significance for enterprises balancing resource allocation between two factors in the future. Meanwhile, information disclosure can reflect the efforts of enterprises in taking on CSR. Therefore, taking China's listed companies as an example, this paper studies the interaction effect of CSR after being divided into the three different dimensions of environment, society, and governance (ESG) and green innovation on firm value. The quantile regression method can reflect the impact of CSR and green innovation on the firm value of different levels. The study finds that:(1) green innovation can promote the improvement of medium-and high-level firm value; (2) only the disclosure of environmental and social information can have a positive impact on firm value; (3) the interaction effect between green innovation and social disclosure on firm value is a substitution effect, which will gradually weaken with the increase of firm value. This paper proposes that relevant departments should guide green funds into enterprises with capital constraints to alleviate the issue of fund crowding into CSR and green innovation.

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The Interaction Effect between ESG and Green Innovation and Its Impact on Firm Value from the Perspective of Information Disclosure

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“…In densely populated urban areas in China, vehicle exhaust is an important source of NOx, besides industrial waste gas. The current study suggests that NO 2 may be potential pathogenic factors of NPC: Thus, to ensure public health, regulators must implement restrictive policies to control industrial and automobile exhaust emissions, encourage use of clean energy, and promote popularization of new-energy vehicles to reduce ambient air pollution levels [53,54]. Moreover, the Chinese government should stick to the emission abatement strategy to improve the environmental health [37].…”

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Association of Ambient Air Pollution with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Incidence in Ten Large Chinese Cities, 2006–2013

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Large cities in China are experiencing severe ambient air pollution. Although China accounts for more than 45% of new cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma worldwide in 2018, few studies have examined the association between ambient air pollution and the high nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) incidence in China. Thus, we aim to investigate whether exposure to ambient air pollution (including nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and PM10) would significantly affect NPC incidence in large Chinese cities. We collected panel data of ten Chinese provincial cities about local NPC incidence, air pollution level, meteorology, and city profiles during 2006 to 2013 to construct a two-way fixed-effects model to explore the association between ambient air pollution and NPC incidence, as well as possible regional and gender differences behind the association. We found that NO2 had the strongest association with NPC incidence, and the relative risks were 2.2995 (95% CI, 1.2567–4.2075) for males and 1.3010 (95% CI, 0.8212–2.0620) for females, respectively. Under cumulative exposure, it was still NO2 that had the strongest association with NPC incidence, with a relative risk of 1.8836 (95% CI, 1.2416–2.8577), compared to 1.0857 (95% CI, 0.9474–1.2450) and 1.0547 (95% CI, 0.8790–1.2663) for SO2 and PM10, respectively. In addition, males were found more sensitive to ambient air pollution than females. We also found that southern Chinese cities were more sensitive to NO2 than northern cities, which might be related to a higher humidity there. Our study reveals that exposure to ambient air pollutants like SO2, PM10, and particularly NO2, is significantly positively associated with NPC incidence in China.

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“…Therefore, consistent with the literature, [10,22] this study includes the GDP (predicted to be positive) and SGDP (anticipated to be negative) to quantify the impact of development on environmental quality. The countries' institutions have been argued to benefit countries' commitment to improve the environmental quality by adopting stricter environmental policies, and curb carbon dioxide emission [41,42,43]. Moreover, democratic institutions are expected to be stronger enough to in climate change mitigation than non-democratic regimes.…”

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Inequalities by energy sources: An assessment of environmental quality

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Energy demand is rising day by day, driven mainly by the development of countries. At the same time, uneven economic growth in countries is the prime cause of inequality in energy consumption. Keeping in view the worth of energy in the growth process, this study quantifies the impact of energy inequalities and trade on environmental quality over the period 1995-2018 for 57 countries. The Theil approach is used to quantify inter-and intra-regional disparities in five energy sources; oil, coal, natural gas hydroelectricity, and renewable energy. The results show that North America has the highest oil consumption inequality between the regions while East Asia & Pacific has the highest index value within the regions. Coal consumption inequality is declining in North America, but not in East Asia and the Pacific. Europe & Central Asia, and North America have the highest inequalities in natural gas consumption between the regions. Inequality is shrinking in hydropower consumption between the regions, however, such trend has not loomed within the regions. Europe & Central Asia and East Asia & Pacific have major renewable consumption inequalities within the regions. Generally, there is a decreasing temporal trend in energy consumption inequalities of all energy sources. The GMM technique is applied to investigate the impact of energy inequalities and trade openness on environmental quality. The results reveal that energy inequalities degrade environmental quality. Moreover, trade has a positive impact on environmental quality. However, democratic countries can be advantageous to improve the environmental quality. The study implies that countries should take actions to reduce energy inequalities within and between the regions. Specialization in production through trade can also be an option for improvement in the environment.

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Institutional quality, green innovation and energy efficiency

Cited by 550 publications

References 84 publications

The Interaction Effect between ESG and Green Innovation and Its Impact on Firm Value from the Perspective of Information Disclosure

The Interaction Effect between ESG and Green Innovation and Its Impact on Firm Value from the Perspective of Information Disclosure

Association of Ambient Air Pollution with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Incidence in Ten Large Chinese Cities, 2006–2013

Inequalities by energy sources: An assessment of environmental quality

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