The Impact of Economic Growth Target Constraints on Environmental Pollution: Evidence from China

Nie, Changfei; Luo, Wen; Yuan, Fuqing; Chen, Zhi

doi:10.3390/ijerph20042831

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“…Zhao et al (2023) also suggest that turnover negatively moderates the effectiveness of environmental regulations for water pollution. Economic growth targets significantly worsen regional environmental pollution, with environmental regulation negatively adjusting for this effect (Nie et al, 2023). Gang et al (2023) present conflicting findings, explaining that firm size affects firm performance, moderating the impact of changes in firm labels on shareholder value.…”

Section: Firm Size Moderates Sales Growth's Impact On Environment Per...mentioning

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Does board gender diversity play an important role in environmental and corporate performance?

Agus Dwianto,

Annisa Qurrota A'yun,

Mey Ayu Lestari

et al. 2024

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This research investigates the impact of Return on Assets (ROA), Debt to Equity Ratio (DER), Sales Growth, and Gender Diversity on Environmental Performance (EP) among 75 companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange participating in the PROPER program from 2019 to 2022. The study employs a random effects model. The findings indicate that ROA, DER, Sales Growth, and Gender Diversity significantly influence EP. Specifically, Firm Size (FZ) moderates the impact of DER on EP. However, Firm Size does not significantly moderate the effects of ROA, Sales Growth, and Gender Diversity on EP. The research provides insights into factors contributing to the financial performance of companies and the moderating role of firm size. The novelty of the study lies in the moderating role of firm size in the relationship between ROA, DER, Sales Growth, and Gender Diversity with environmental performance. The research contributes to legitimacy, stakeholder, and agency theories. Policymakers can leverage these insights to formulate strategies that encourage corporate sustainability. This study offers valuable information for companies aiming to enhance both environmental and financial performance, ultimately contributing to broader societal well-being.

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Section: Firm Size Moderates Sales Growth's Impact On Environment Per...mentioning

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Does board gender diversity play an important role in environmental and corporate performance?

Agus Dwianto,

Annisa Qurrota A'yun,

Mey Ayu Lestari

et al. 2024

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“…[20] based on the "Porter Hypothesis", examined the connection between government environmental regulations and the innovation capabilities of listed companies and found that in regions with well-designed environmental policies, the innovation capabilities of companies in competitive industries were significantly improved. Under the environmental pressure of meeting environmental objectives, enterprises are stimulated to actively innovate, increasing investment in the development of clean tech-nologies and services [21], thereby achieving a competitive advantage and high-quality development [22,23]. Innovation activities triggered by government environmental regulations typically have a lagged positive impact on economic benefits.…”

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“…However, ref. [21] discovered that the negative impact of economic growth pressure on environmental pollution can be mitigated through the intensity of environmental regulations.…”

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The Impact of Local Government Environmental Target Constraints on the Performance of Heavy Pollution Industries

Xu,

Lin,

Qiu

2023

Sustainability

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The world is plagued by difficult problems such as ecological degradation and resource depletion. This study utilizes data from 664 Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed enterprises in the heavy pollution industry from 2007 to 2019; this paper constructs a two-way fixed effects panel model and a mediated effect model to test the relevant effects of local government environmental target constraints (LGETCs) on the performance of heavy pollution enterprises (HPEs). The main findings are as follows: First, LGETCs significantly inhibit the short-term performance of HPEs. Second, LGETCs have a heterogeneous impact on the short-term performance of HPEs based on regional, industry, and firm ownership differences. This sentence suggests that local environmental targets can exert a restraining effect on the short-term performance of heavily polluting companies by influencing factors such as financial constraints, agency costs, and levels of technological innovation. In this context, financial constraints and agency costs act as mediating factors, while corporate technological innovation and green technological innovation act as masking factors in this relationship. The sentence appears to suggest that local environmental targets can indirectly have a positive impact on the long-term performance of heavily polluting companies through innovative incentives. Furthermore, the research in this article provides theoretical support for local government efforts to address deteriorating ecological environments and expedite energy conservation and emission reduction in heavily polluting companies.

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“…Nie et al 30 , in another perspective highlighted the impact of ethnic fractionalization, political freedom, financial development and institutional quality on environmental performance. The results of 30 revealed that ethnic diversity, institutional quality and political freedom were significant influencers in mitigating CO 2 emission while on the other hand energy consumption, GDP growth and financial development promotes environmental degradation. Thus, it was concluded that cohesion among ethnic groups, improvement in institutional quality, enhancing political freedom and participatory (inclusive) financial sector were [potential ways of enhancing pollution-free environment.…”

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Potency of some economic variables affecting environmental quality in Nigeria

Ogunbode

Jazat

Akande

2023

Sci Rep

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Environmental quality (EQ) is germane to achieving sustainable living on earth. To evaluate a related stimulus of EQ on area basis, a comparative analyses of economic factors that influence pollution in Iwo and Ibadan metropolis was carried out. Data for the study was generated through the administration of 700 structured questionnaires in total at both locations, out of which 165 and 473 were retrieved from Iwo and Ibadan respectively. The distribution of respondents in form of male gender, married status, tertiary education and household size of not more than 5 were 51.5%, 78.2%, 24.9% and 46.1% respectively for Iwo, while it was 38.5%, 81.0%, 28.6% and 48.8% in the same order for Ibadan. Economic factors analyzed were (1) Income (2) living standard indexed by the form of accommodation occupied (3) waste/noise management regimen (4) energy utilization (5) orthodox versus green economy adoption and (6) waste sorting capacity. Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin sampling adequacy and Bartlett’s test of sphericity admitted the data as factorable at p < 0.005. Results showed that three of the economic variables significantly explained the pollution status in Iwo and Ibadan. The variables in Iwo explained 59.3% of the factors and these are waste/noise management strategies (22.5%), living standard (18.7%) and green economy adoption (18.3%). 60.2% of economic impacts on pollution in Ibadan were explained by living standard (24.4%), green economy adoption (18.8%) and waste/noise management strategies (17.0%). Only two of the variables namely living standard, and green economy adoption were common to the two study locations, although, their importance and ordering varied. While waste and noise management were most significant in Iwo, the same variable had the least effect in Ibadan. Green economy adoption was least in Iwo but most significant in Ibadan. Thus, the economic factors influencing pollution in Iwo and Ibadan metropolis, though similar, may not be given a generalized weighting. In other words, analyses of pollution-related matters from the economic viewpoint should be location specific.

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The Impact of Economic Growth Target Constraints on Environmental Pollution: Evidence from China

Cited by 13 publications

References 107 publications

Does board gender diversity play an important role in environmental and corporate performance?

Does board gender diversity play an important role in environmental and corporate performance?

The Impact of Local Government Environmental Target Constraints on the Performance of Heavy Pollution Industries

Potency of some economic variables affecting environmental quality in Nigeria

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