Heterogeneous environmental regulation and industrial structure upgrading: evidence from China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianghu Wang ◽  
Zhao Wang ◽  
Yatian Ma
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Industrial Structure Upgrading

scholarly journals Environmental regulation, Industrial structure upgrading and Economic growth in Beijing Tianjin Hebei region

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 02021
Author(s):  
Menglu Li
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Fixed Effect Model ◽  
Fixed Effect ◽  
Effect Model ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Industrial Structure Upgrading

This paper selects the panel data of 13 cities in Beijing Tianjin Hebei region from 2008 to 2016, and uses the fixed effect model to study the relationship between environmental regulation, industrial structure upgrading and economic growth in Beijing Tianjin Hebei region. The results show that: strengthening environmental regulation can promote the upgrading of industrial structure in Beijing Tianjin Hebei region by reducing the emission of pollutants; the upgrading of industrial structure is conducive to promoting the economic development of Beijing Tianjin Hebei region.

scholarly journals Environmental Regulation, Upgrading of Industrial Structure and Economic Fluctuation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Zhang ◽  
Leyi Chen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Inflection Point ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Economic Fluctuations ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Economic Fluctuation ◽  
Advanced Model ◽  
Research Expenditure ◽  
Industrial Structure Upgrading

This paper utilizes dynamic panel threshold technology to conduct a nonlinear test on the direct effect between environmental regulation and economic fluctuations and the effect of industrial structure upgrading by taking 35 industrial sectors in China from 2003 to 2016 . The research has found that there is an inverted "U" relationship between environmental regulation and economic fluctuations, with the enhancement of environmental regulations, the economic fluctuation increases first and then decreases. The cross-terms of environmental regulation and industrial structure rationalization or industrial structure upgrading are significantly negative, which indicates that the enhancement of environmental regulation is conducive to promoting industrial structure upgrading and reducing the economic fluctuations. While the rationalization factors of industrial structure and advanced industrial structure are significantly negative, indicating that both forms of industrial structure upgrading are conducive to reducing the economic fluctuations. Environmental regulation has technical innovation thresholds for industrial structure upgrading and economic fluctuations, but there are no human capital or FDI thresholds. In the rationalization model of industrial structure, there is a nonlinear "U" relationship between environmental regulation and economic fluctuations when the proportion of scientific research expenditure is more than 1.35%. With the enhancement of environmental regulation, the economic fluctuation reduces first and then increases, and the corresponding inflection point value is 2.398% of the environmental regulation level. At the same time, the environmental regulation can indirectly reduce economic fluctuations by pushing down the industrial structure upgrades. In the advanced model of industrial structure, there is a “U” relationship between environmental regulation and economic fluctuation when the proportion of scientific research expenditure is greater than 1.26%. With continuous enhancement of environmental regulation, the economic fluctuation reduces first and then increases. The corresponding inflection point value is 1.78% of the environmental regulation level, and environmental regulation can indirectly reduce economic fluctuations by promoting the industrial structure at the same time.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Upgrading Effect of the Industrial Structure of Environmental Regulation: Evidence From 113 Cities in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Shao ◽  
Yufei Yin ◽  
Xiao Bai ◽  
Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Threshold Effect ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Industrial Structure Upgrading

At present, China’s economy is in a crucial period of economic structural transformation. To alleviate the downward pressure on the economy and explore sustainable growth paths, the Chinese government has issued several environmental regulations. However, the impact of environmental regulation on industrial structure upgrading has not been carefully examined yet. This study utilizes the Pollution Information Transparency Index (PITI) to measure environmental regulation (ER) and examines the impact of ER on industrial structure upgrading (ISU). The sample cities are divided into 36 resource-based cities (RBCs) and 77 non–resource-based cities (NRBCs). The panel data containing 113 cities during 2008–2017 are used in this study. The empirical results show that ER has a significant impact on ISU of RBCs and NRBCs, and robust tests proved the reliability of this result. Analysis of heterogeneity shows ER has a more substantial role in promoting ISU in RBCs and the eastern region. Meanwhile, inside RBCs, ER has a more substantial impact on ISU in growth-RBCs than on that in other RBCs. The mechanism test shows that the mediation effect of technological innovation in RBCs and NRBCs is significant. At last, the impact of ER on ISU has a double-threshold effect in RBCs and a single-threshold effect in NRBCs. With the technological innovation progress, ER produces an increasing effect on ISU of RBCs and NRBCs.

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