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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2023

The effect of mandatory environmental regulation on green development efficiency: evidence from China.

Lei Zhan, Ping Guo, Guoqin Pan

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Lei ZhanSchool of Economics and Trade, Hunan University, Changsha, 410006, Hunan, China.
Ping GuoSchool of Economics and Trade, Hunan University, Changsha, 410006, Hunan, China.
Guoqin PanSchool of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China. guoqinpan@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1399-2649

Funding

National Social Science Fund of China No. 20FJY051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The existing literature finds that mandatory environmental regulation (MER) can significantly reduce environmental pollution. However, much less is known about how the implementation of MER affects green development efficiency (GDE). Based on the Air Pollution Control Action Plan which was enforced in 2013 in China's most developed regions as an exogenous shock, we find that first, MER has a significant negative effect on the improvement of GDE by reducing regional scale efficiency. Second, MER mainly reduces the GDE of cities with stronger regulation intensities and with larger economic volumes. Third, MER also has a negative impact on regional green total factor productivity by changing technical progress. We suggest that when implementing MER, governments should enhance regional and global cooperation, promote green technology, and use comprehensive policy tools to stimulate firms' green innovation.

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesSustainable DevelopmentChinaEconomic DevelopmentEfficiencyEnvironmental PollutionGovernmentDifference-in-differences methodGreen development efficiencyMandatory environmental regulationSuper-efficiency SBM modelSustainable development

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PMID36063272
PMCPMC9442595

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