The effects of heterogeneous environmental regulations on water pollution control: Quasi-natural experimental evidence from China

Pan, Dan; Tang, Jing

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141550

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“…Although the findings of this study did not negate this conclusion, this study shows that local governments are able to reconcile the conflict between economic development and pollution by adjusting direction to promote economic development under the new environmental regulation. The heterogeneity of local pollution control in China has been shown in the literature [9,29]; the evidence of this study shows that the responses of regions with different economic development levels under RCP have both similarities (efforts to encourage innovation) and differences (promotion of education, consumption and wage levels). Many sources [8,9,11,12] found a reduction in water pollution in rivers under the RCP; however, our evidence suggests that RCP did not improve drinking water quality.…”

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China’s River Chief Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals: Prefecture-Level Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Wang

Huang

2022

Sustainability

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The River Chief Policy (RCP), an institutional innovation in China by which top party and government officials assume responsibility for water management, shapes the incentive structure of local governments and may have a huge influence on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Using a staggered difference-in-difference approach and panel data from 91 cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, we estimate the impact of the RCP on an SDG index with eight local-specific indicators. The estimation results show that the RCP has improved the overall SDG index and significantly improved the levels of innovation, education, and consumption. Heterogeneity tests show that more affluent regions are more committed to investing in education, raising consumption, and increasing wages under the RCP. These results suggest that local governments in China have responded rationally and strategically to the RCP. In general, economic growth remains the central goal of local governments, while the strengthening of other responsibilities such as environmental protection will lead to more effort being made to achieve the SDGs during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

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China’s River Chief Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals: Prefecture-Level Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Wang

Huang

2022

Sustainability

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“…The centralized procurement of generic drugs will make enterprises increase innovation investment in the short term to reduce the net profit. However, in the long run, the original drug developed by the enterprise can improve the net profit of the enterprise ( 26 , 27 ). The third category is the research on the voluntary supply of public goods.…”

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Can the Profitability of Medical Enterprises Be Improved After Joining China's Centralized Drug Procurement? A Difference-in-Difference Design

Hua

Bai

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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This paper explores the impact of joining centralized drug procurement of China on the profitability of medical enterprises by the difference-in-difference (DID) model. When centralized procurement cannot bring enough cost savings to enterprises, the price competition caused by centralized procurement will lead to the decline of enterprise profits. In the short term, the negative impact of China's drug centralized procurement policy on the net profit of enterprises is not obvious in the year when enterprises win the bid. After the government officially purchases from pharmaceutical enterprises, the negative impact of the drug centralized procurement policy of China on the net profit of enterprises begins to appear gradually. Therefore, the generic drug manufacturers increase R&D investment and have their own heavy products of original drugs as soon as possible to enhance their core competitiveness.

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“…Examples include the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law, and the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law Implementation Rules. However, due to the complex influence of regional economy and geography, the outcome of water pollution control is significantly different across different regions (Pan and Tang, 2020). According to the 2014 Bulletin of China's environmental situation, among the 4896 groundwater monitoring points in China, only 10.8% are of good quality, and 61.5% are of poor and extremely poor quality.…”

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Does the "10-Point Water Plan" reduce the intensity of industrial water pollution? Quasi-experimental evidence from China

Zhou

Liu

Zhou

et al. 2021

Journal of Environmental Management

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The effects of heterogeneous environmental regulations on water pollution control: Quasi-natural experimental evidence from China

Cited by 77 publications

References 39 publications

China’s River Chief Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals: Prefecture-Level Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt

China’s River Chief Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals: Prefecture-Level Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Can the Profitability of Medical Enterprises Be Improved After Joining China's Centralized Drug Procurement? A Difference-in-Difference Design

Does the "10-Point Water Plan" reduce the intensity of industrial water pollution? Quasi-experimental evidence from China

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