Comprehending the environmental regulation, biased policies and OFDI reverse technology spillover effects: a contingent and dynamic perspective

This study investigated the spatial spillover effects of environmental regulation (ER) on industrial green growth performance (IGGP) in China. Firstly, a parametric stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) was estimated to measure IGGP using the data of China’s 30 provincial industry sectors during 2000–2014. Then, considering the space–time characteristics in IGGP, the spatial spillover effects of three types of ER, namely, administrative environmental regulation (AER), market-based environmental regulation (MER), and voluntary environmental regulation (VER), on IGGP was examined by employing spatial Durbin model (SDM). The main findings are: (1) the IGGP is low but shows a trend of continuous improvement and there is a significant disparity and spatial autocorrelations amongst regions; (2) the spillover effects of the three types of ER are different, specifically, the spillover effects of AER are significant negative, while the effects of MER and VER are both significant positive. The difference between the latter two is that the positive spillover effect of MER on IGGP is so large to outperform the negative direct effect, while the effect of VER is very minor. Based on these findings, relevant policy suggestions are presented to balance industrial economic and environmental protection in order to promote IGGP.

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Researches about factor market distortions on the impacting factors of international technology spillover

ITM Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/itmconf/20181703013 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 ◽

pp. 03013

Author(s):

Xiaoyang Jia ◽

Xiaoyu Liu ◽

Xiaofei Liu

Keyword(s):

Spillover Effect ◽

Spillover Effects ◽

Factor Price ◽

Technology Spillovers ◽

Technology Spillover ◽

Price Distortion ◽

Technology Spillover Effect ◽

Impacting Factors ◽

Import Trade ◽

Statistical Yearbook

In this paper, we selected 1999-2015 Provincial Panel Data in China statistical yearbook. The effects of factor market distortions on international technology spillovers are discussed. In the factor market distorted elements of the market to promote the rapid growth of the economy in the short term, it may inhibit the international technology spillover effect, but the move is beneficial to realize the sustainability of high quality economic growth. The results showed that the technology spillover effects of the import trade, FDI and patent applications presented different feature in different stages. The article from the perspective of the development of technology breakthrough summarizes factors price distortions on the international technology spillover mechanism and study with the policy changes, elements of the market to improve dynamic changes, the factor price distortion effect of international technology spillovers stage effect.

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Comparative Study on Regional Differences of FDI Technology Spillover Effects and Influencing Factors

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.962-965.3076 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 962-965 ◽

pp. 3076-3079

Author(s):

Quan Sheng Xu

Keyword(s):

Foreign Investment ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Regional Differences ◽

Technological Progress ◽

Spillover Effects ◽

Technology Spillovers ◽

Technology Spillover ◽

Industrial Upgrading ◽

Economic Growth Mode

as a complex of capital, technology and management, FDI has become the focus of attention of many scholars. It is important for technological progress, industrial upgrading and economic growth mode transformation to optimize the quality of foreign investment and enhance FDI technology spillovers, On the base of foreign direct investment theories, it empirically analyzes regional differences of FDI technology spillover effects and explores the causes, and then finds the problems in the use of FDI in China's three major regions, particularly in central and western regions, and ultimately provide a reference for optimizing the use of FDI and enhancing the spillover effects of FDI on domestic enterprises.

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The Spatial Interaction Effect of Environmental Regulation on Urban Innovation Capacity: Empirical Evidence from China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18094470 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (9) ◽

pp. 4470

Author(s):

Ruomeng Zhou ◽

Yunsheng Zhang ◽

Xincai Gao

Keyword(s):

Environmental Regulation ◽

Industrial Development ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Spatial Interaction ◽

Spillover Effect ◽

Spillover Effects ◽

Spatial Spillover ◽

Innovation Capacity ◽

Spatial Spillover Effects ◽

The Impact

This paper applies a spatial econometric model to measure the impact of environmental regulation on urban innovation capacity from a spatial interaction perspective by using panel data from 41 cities in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration from 2009 to 2018. The study findings are as follows: first, environmental regulation has a significant positive impact on urban innovation capacity and a significant positive spatial spillover effect; second, innovation capacity has significant positive spatial dependence; third, city informatization level, government expenditures on science and technology, city economic scale, and industrial development level all positively affect the innovation capacity of neighboring cities and all have positive spatial spillover effects on the innovation capacity of neighboring cities; and finally, city expansion reduces the innovation capacity of a city and has negative spatial spillover effects on the innovation capacity of neighboring cities.

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Environmental Regulation, Foreign Direct Investment and China's High-Quality Economic Development

10.21203/rs.3.rs-886068/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

He Wu ◽

Huachao Yang ◽

Wei Liang

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Local Development ◽

Environmental Regulations ◽

Spillover Effects ◽

Development Stage ◽

Quality Development ◽

Technology Spillover ◽

High Quality ◽

China’S Economy

Abstract As China's economy shifts from a rapid development stage to a high-quality development stage, it is important to know how different FDI characteristics affect high-quality economic development. Furthermore, under the constraints of environmental regulations, will these impacts change? The dual-fixed spatial Durbin model and panel data of 30 provinces in inland China from 2005 to 2018 were used for analysis. This study finds that (1) under the constraints of environmental regulations, the scale of FDI, export orientation, and technology spillover capacity have a significant positive impact on China's high-quality economic development, but without the constraints of environmental regulations, only the technological spillover capability of FDI has such a significant positive impact. (2) FDI with strong technology spillover capabilities not only promotes local development but also plays a significant role in promoting high-quality economic development in surrounding areas through spillover effects. (3) Compared with secondary industry, tertiary industry plays a stronger role in promoting the high-quality development of China's economy. (4) The areas with high quality economic development are concentrated in the eastern coastal cities. The outdated economic and scientific research and technology in the central and western regions means that they lack the ability to learn advanced technologies from FDI.

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