Vertical environmental protection pressure, fiscal pressure, and local environmental regulations: evidence from China’s industrial sulfur dioxide treatment

Kou, Po; Han, Ying

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-14947-7

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“…The results show that from 2000 to 2020, local governments in the YRD region were generally under FP with an increasing trend, which is consistent with previous studies [ 27 , 29 , 36 ]. A series of fiscal and taxation reforms, such as the tax-sharing system, income tax sharing, and the replacement of business tax with value-added tax, promoted by the Chinese central government, have reduced the fiscal revenue available to local governments [ 27 ].…”

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“…Additionally, they analyzed the negative impact of local government tax competition on environmental quality using data from 30 provinces in China [ 27 ]. Kou et al held a similar view and examined the local government regulation of SO2 under dual environmental pressure and FP using data from 30 provinces in China [ 36 ]. In addition, Zhang et al confirmed a positive relationship between the scale of local government debt and environmental pollution based on Chinese provincial panel data [ 37 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Interaction Mechanism of Fiscal Pressure, Local Government Behavioral Preferences and Environmental Governance Efficiency: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta Region of China

Wang

et al. 2022

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In environmental governance, local governments are the main actors, and their behavioral preferences between economic growth competition (EGC) and environmental regulation (ER) affect the inputs and outputs of environmental governance. Most studies discuss the relationship between government behaviors and the environment from the fiscal decentralization perspective, with few studies from the fiscal pressure (FP) perspective. Importantly, the bidirectional interaction mechanism is easily ignored. This study measured local government FP, EGC, ER, and environmental governance efficiency (EGE) in China’s Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region from 2000 to 2020. Moran’s I index was used to identify the change characteristics of local government behavioral preferences. The interaction mechanism was analyzed by a panel vector autoregression (PVAR) model. The results show that (1) from 2000 to 2020, FP was generally strengthened. EGE generally showed fluctuating and rising change characteristics, with more obvious fluctuating and rising characteristics before 2012 and after 2012, respectively. Local governments shifted from a strong alternative preference to a weak synergistic preference. (2) FP had a self-reinforcing effect. EGC and ER had a self-weakening effect. EGE had not only a self-weakening effect but also a weak self-dependence. (3) There is a double negative interaction mechanism between FP and local government behavioral preferences. FP made local governments prefer to reduce EGC and relax ER, but in fact, EGC and ER were conducive to alleviating FP. (4) There is a negative transitive influence mechanism between FP, local government behavioral preferences and EGE. The negative effect of FP on EGE can be transmitted by reducing EGC and ER. This paper provides a scientific basis for improving EGE in the YRD region and understanding the behavioral logic of local governments’ environmental governance and a reference for other rapidly industrializing and urbanizing regions.

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The Interaction Mechanism of Fiscal Pressure, Local Government Behavioral Preferences and Environmental Governance Efficiency: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta Region of China

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“…Environmental Reg is a rigid legal requirement for enterprises, which plays a role in guiding the environmental behavior of enterprises ( 44 ). The environmental protection department of the government has the right to punish the enterprises that pollute the environment and even force them to shut down ( 45 ). Enterprises adjust their environmental protection investment decisions according to government regulation policies ( 46 ).…”

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Environmental Regulation, Environmental Decentralization, and Enterprise Environmental Protection Investment: Evidence From China

Liu

Ren

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Front. Public Health

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The microeconomic behavior of enterprises is influenced by the government system and its policies. In this article, we investigate how environmental regulation and environmental decentralization affect enterprise environmental protection investment using the data of China's listed companies from 2009 to 2020 and examine the effect of environmental decentralization on the relationship between environmental regulation and environmental protection investment. First, we find that there is a “U-shaped” relationship between environmental regulation and enterprise environmental protection investment. Second, the estimation results indicate that environmental decentralization can promote enterprise environmental protection investment. Finally, we further provide evidence to show that environmental decentralization has a negative moderating impact on the relationship between environmental regulation and enterprise environmental protection investment. Accordingly, the conclusion of this study is helpful to optimize the environmental decentralization management system, reasonably guide the local government behavior, alleviate the contradiction between environmental protection and economic development, and promote the green transformation of economic development mode.

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“…Due to their responsibility for infrastructure construction and improvement of people’s livelihood, local governments face great financial pressure [ 35 ]. A number of recent studies have focused on Chinese-style financial pressure from the perspectives of resource utilization [ 36 ], local governance reform [ 37 ], pollution control efficiency [ 38 , 39 ], and the quality of economic development [ 40 ]. These studies show that financial pressure changes local government strategy with respect to the economy and environment [ 41 ], which subsequently has a strong impact on IEE.…”

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Environmental Regulation, Financial Pressure and Industrial Ecological Efficiency of Resource-Based Cities in China: Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Impact Mechanism

Hou

Yin

Chen

2022

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A resource-based city is a type of city characterized by the exploitation and processing of natural resources as the leading industry in the region. Such cities provide essential resources for China’s economic development and support long-term rapid economic growth. However, resource-based cities (RBCs) face challenges, including resource depletion, economic recession, environmental pollution, and ecological damage, to which not enough attention has been paid. In the context of China’s increased focus on environmental protection and the economy, improving industrial ecological efficiency of RBCs has become ever more important. In the present study, the Super-SBM model was used to measure the industrial ecological efficiency of 114 RBCs in China from 2003 to 2016. The results show that during the study period, the industrial ecological efficiency of RBCs in China improved significantly, particularly in the central and western regions. The results from a Tobit model show that appropriate environmental regulation and financial pressure have a positive impact on the industrial ecological efficiency of RBCs. However, when faced with the dual pressures of environmental regulation and financial difficulty, improvement in industrial ecological efficiency was inhibited. The impact of environmental regulation and financial pressure on industrial ecological efficiency of cities in different regions and development stages and with different resource types shows heterogeneity. In accordance with the study findings, differentiated measures and suggestions are proposed to improve the industrial ecological efficiency of RBCs.

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Vertical environmental protection pressure, fiscal pressure, and local environmental regulations: evidence from China’s industrial sulfur dioxide treatment

Cited by 34 publications

References 46 publications

The Interaction Mechanism of Fiscal Pressure, Local Government Behavioral Preferences and Environmental Governance Efficiency: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta Region of China

The Interaction Mechanism of Fiscal Pressure, Local Government Behavioral Preferences and Environmental Governance Efficiency: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta Region of China

Environmental Regulation, Environmental Decentralization, and Enterprise Environmental Protection Investment: Evidence From China

Environmental Regulation, Financial Pressure and Industrial Ecological Efficiency of Resource-Based Cities in China: Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Impact Mechanism

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