scholarly journals Environmental regulation and green productivity of the construction industry in China

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Jingxiao Zhang ◽  
Si Pu ◽  
Simon P Philbin ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Martin Skitmore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Green Productivity

scholarly journals Environmental Regulation and Green Productivity: Evidence of the Moderating Effect of Chinese Environmental Decentralization

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Chen ◽  
Xiaoli Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
County Level ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Dynamic Panel ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Green Productivity ◽  
Pollutant Discharge ◽  
Dynamic Panel Models ◽  
The Impact

Environmental decentralization (ED), or the allocation of environmental protection affairs and responsibilities among various administrative authorities, affects the effectiveness of environmental regulation in promoting green total factor productivity (GTFP). Based on panel data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2001 to 2015, this paper employs dynamic panel models to test the effects of environmental regulations (environmental protection investment, ENV; pollutant discharge fees, PDF) on GTFP, with or without being influenced by ED. Without the impact of ED, GTFP is significantly inhibited by ENV while significantly promoted by PDF. Considering the impact of ED, with the strengthening of ED, the negative effects of ENV on GTFP is significant; contrarily, the positive effects of PDF on GTFP is significant; improving provincial ED adds negative effects of ENV, while reduces the positive effects of PDF; increasing prefectural ED reduces negative effects of ENV; expanding county-level ED adds the positive effects of PDF. Therefore, to boost GTFP growth, prefectural environmental protection authorities should have more autonomy in ENV, while the county-level should have more autonomy in PDF.

scholarly journals Environmental Regulation and Green Productivity: Evidence of the Moderating Effect of Chinese Environmental Decentralization

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Institutional Factor ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Green Productivity ◽  
Pollutant Discharge ◽  
Management Power ◽  
The Impact

Environmental decentralization (ED), as an institutional factor, impacts the effectiveness of environmental regulation to achieve green productivity (GTFP). Based on panel data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2001 to 2015, this paper assessed GTFP, whose value is higher than 1. A two-step generalized method of moments (GMM) was employed to test the effects of environmental regulations (environmental protection investment (ENV) and pollutant discharge fees (PDF)) on GTFP with or without being influenced by ED. Without the impact of ED, GTFP is significantly inhibited by ENV, while it is significantly promoted by PDF. Under the influences of environmental decentralization from the central to the local authorities (TED), ENV has insignificantly negative effects on GTFP; contrarily, PDF have positive effects on GTFP. As for moderating effects of environmental decentralization at different administrative levels within a province, the degree of provincial environmental decentralization (PTED) should be decreased, while the degrees of prefectural ED (UTED) and county-level ED (CTED) should be increased. Generally, rationally allocating environmental management power among various administrative levels in a province increases the effectiveness of PDF to achieve green productivity while decreases the negative effects of ENV.

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