The impact of the environment on economic growth: Evidence from China

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1148-1164
Author(s):  
Chi Chang ◽  
V.M. Zaernyuk
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Regulations ◽  
Protection Policy ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Bilateral Effects ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
The Impact

Subject. China's industrial sectors are important vehicles that made China the global leader of GDP and economic growth. However, China managed to reach such results sacrificing its environment. The study discusses the coordination of actions spurring the economic growth and environmental protection in order to avoid such sacrifices for the sake of the national economic development. Objectives. We examine the mechanism of bilateral effects on the economic growth of China's industries and environmental protection to provide the empirical framework for the reasonable natural protection policy and environmental regulations. Methods. Theoretical projections stem from the analysis of economic literature and empirical research on resources, environment and sustainable economic development in the existing theories of economic growth. Results. Having analyzed how the environmental pollution and the industrial economic growth of China correlated, we found that a set of various environmental pollution indicators strongly differed from the empirical findings of the study. Therefore, it is still not found how the economic growth of China influenced the environmental pollution. Conclusions and Relevance. The improvement of the environmental quality is not an unavoidable endogenous result of the economic growth. If the Chinese industrial sectors continues growing extensively, the environment will grow even more polluted. It is necessary to determine a reasonable environmental protection policy to combine it with economic growth, and tighten the environmental regulations.

Urbanization, economic growth, and environmental pollution

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 483-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Sun ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Tao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Spatial Correlation ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeGiven the recent rapid economic development, the processes of industrialization and urbanization are accelerating. At the same time, the contradiction between environmental quality and economic development has become increasingly prominent and is likely to restrict the normal pace of China’s economic development and environmental protection. As such, the purpose of this paper is to incorporate the urbanization factor into an analytic framework to discuss the relationship among urbanization, economic development, and environmental pollution.Design/methodology/approachA panel data of 31 Chinese provinces from 2004 to 2015 is selected for this research. A spatial correlation test is first conducted on the environmental pollution status, then the spatial Durbin model is used to carry out spatial econometric testing of the relationship among the above three factors.FindingsInterprovincial environmental pollution in China has significant positive spatial correlation, environmental pollution discharge in most provinces is significantly stable, discharge of environmental pollutants is transitioning from coastal to inland provinces, and urbanization and economic growth can both aggravate environmental pollution, but economic growth can relieve environmental pollution in neighboring provinces.Originality/valueThe relationship between economic growth, urbanization, and environmental quality has always been an important issue for sustainable development. As such, China’s urbanization leads to economic development, while rapid economic growth and environmental pollution are coordinated. This paper focuses on the specific relationship between them. To this end, local governments make concerted efforts to formulate sound environmental regulation policies based on local environmental conditions, where economic development is an effective means of alleviating the contradictory relationship between economic development and environmental protection.

scholarly journals The Impact of Tourism Quality on Economic Development and Environment: Evidence from Mediterranean Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ren Taizeng ◽  
Muhlis Can ◽  
Sudharshan Reddy Paramati ◽  
Jianchun Fang ◽  
Wanshan Wu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Income Level ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Annual Data ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
The Impact

This paper is the first of its kind to measure the income level of a country’s tourist arrival and empirically examine its impact on economic growth and environmental pollution in a sample of eight Mediterranean countries. The paper undertakes annual data from 1995 to 2014 and employs quantile regression models, autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) estimations, and a heterogeneity causality test. The empirical results show that the income level of a country’s tourist arrival, across all quantiles, plays an important role in promoting economic development. However, the role of the income level of a country’s tourist arrival on environmental pollution varies with the changes in quantiles. More specifically, income level of a country’s tourist arrival has a positive impact on environmental pollution for the lower quantiles, while it has a negative impact for higher quantiles. The findings from panel ARDL models confirm that the income level of a country’s tourist arrival has positive and negative impacts on economic growth and emissions, respectively. Given these results, these findings provide information to take the necessary actions to ensure sustainable tourism development, i.e., the expansion of the tourism industry without harming the environment in the Mediterranean countries.

scholarly journals Dynamic Relationship Between China’s Environmental Protection Investment and Regional, Environmental Pollution

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowen Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Pollutant Emission ◽  
Control Variables ◽  
System Gmm ◽  
The Impact

The carrying capacity of China’s resources and environment has reached a limit. The economic development of different regions has been forced to abandon the original economic development mode manifesting high pollution, high energy consumption, and high emission and to step forward to the new economic development model promoting low energy consumption, low emission, and low pollution. Environmental issues are typical manifestations of market mechanism failure. Government investment in environmental protection, which effectively improves environmental quality, is necessary to achieve sustainable economic development. An index system of the influencing factors that affect regional environmental pollutant emissions was established first in this study to measure accurately the relationship between environmental protection investment in different provinces in China and regional environmental pollution. System GMM (Generalized Method of Moment) method was used to analyze the impact of environmental protection investment on pollutant emissions in 30 provinces in China from 2007 to 2016. Results show that the system GMM method can effectively solve variable endogeneity. Environmental protection investment of explanatory variables has a significant negative effect on pollutant emissions. Among the control variables, per capita GDP (Gross Domestic Product), industrial structure, resident consumption level, and technology market turnover have a significant inhibitory effect on pollutant emissions. Among the control variables, investment in fixed assets and import and export trade is vital in promoting pollutant emission growth. Conclusions provide a reference for improving the governance level of environmental protection investment in China’s provinces, controlling environmental pollution and ecological damage, and realizing a green economic development method.

Research on the Relationship between Economy Growth and Environmental Pollution in Shandong Province - The Empirical Research from 1981-2009

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 3433-3437
Author(s):  
Lei Ming Li ◽  
Bing Quan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Shandong Province ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Related Data ◽  
The Government ◽  
Environmental Protection Policies ◽  
The Relationship

Recently, the problem of environmental pollution has become the main obstacle that restricts the regional economic development. Shandong is an economically strong province of China. The government of Shandong must pay attention to the relationship between economic growth and environmental protection, if we want to achieve the sustainable economic development and build a harmonious society better and faster. This article is based on the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis. We have collected the GDP per capita and three types of waste emissions of 1981-2009 in Shandong province related data. Then we found the relationship between the economic growth and various pollutants by using regression analysis method, so as to provide the government with theoretical guidance for formulating environmental protection policies.

scholarly journals The Innovation-Driven Impact on Economic Structure Transition. The Case of China

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-26
Author(s):  
Hailun Zhang ◽  
Sheng Xu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Structure Transition ◽  
Tertiary Industry ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Plsr Model

AbstractThe research measures the driving force of innovation in economic structure transition. In order to change the pattern of economic development, China is implementing a strategy of innovation-driven development. China’s capacity of innovation has been increasing, especially since 2012, and China’s innovations have taken a leap-forward development. Nowadays, innovation has become a main driving force in China’s economic development and hi-tech industries particularly make a great contribution. Although China’s tertiary industry has been dominant and its share in three industrial sectors has been exceeding 50% since 2015, a problem still exists in China’s economy that the proportions of primary and secondary industries are relatively higher compared with developed countries. In this paper we use PLSR model to measure the impact of innovation on China’s economic structure transition. It is found that innovation can expand the tertiary industry through shrinking the proportions of primary and secondary industries, transforming China’s economic structure into a more advanced pattern. Additionally, China is also devoting itself to the “Belt and Road Initiative”, which should be combined with China’s domestic innovation-driven development and realize sustainable development of economy worldwide.

scholarly journals Network model for researching the impact of the increasing of division of labor on innovations and economic growth

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-69
Author(s):  
I.P. Timofeev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Network Model ◽  
Economic Development And Growth ◽  
Economic Interpretation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development

The author offers a network model of the economic system designed to research the impact of increasing technological division of labor on the opportunities for economic development and growth. The article describes the main elements of the model and their economic interpretation, as well as the basic rules for its construction. An economic network consists of sets of producers, consumers and goods flows between them. The author shows how the model represents the appearance of various types of innovations. The author has outlined main directions of further development and researching the model.

scholarly journals ANALISIS POTENSI DAN EFEKTIVITAS PAJAK HOTEL DAN RESTORAN SERTA DAMPAKNYA TERHADAP PAD DAN PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI DI KABUPATEN MINAHASA

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessy V. Tiwang ◽  
Debby Ch. Rotinsulu ◽  
Daisy S.M. Engka
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Tax Collection ◽  
Local Revenue ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

ABSTRAK             Pembangunan ekonomi daerah khususnya Pemerintah Kota merupakan titik awal pelaksanaan pembangunan, sehingga daerah diharapkan bisa lebih mengetahui potensi dan apa yang menjadi kebutuhan daerahnya salah satunya peningkatan Pendapatan dan Pertumbuhan ekonomi melalui proses pemugutan pajak Hotel dan Restoran guna dampak sesuai yang diharapkan.            Dalam penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis potensi dan efektivitas Pajak Hotel dan Restoranserta dampaknya terhadap Pendapatan Asli Daerah dan Pertumbuhan Ekonomi di Kabupaten Minahasa.            Berdasarkan hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Pajak Hotel dan Restoran masih kurang berpotensi, sementara untuk tingkat efektivitas, Pajak Hotel dan Restoran menunjukkan angka yang efektif yakni rata-rata diatas 100%, dan secara bersama variabel Pajak Hotel dan Restoran memberikan pengaruh yang positif terhadap Pendapatan Asli Daerah, begitu pula secara bersamaan variabel Pajak Hotel dan restoran serta Pendapatan Asli Daerah memberikan pengaruh yang positif terhadap tingkat pertumbuhan ekonomi yang ada di Kabuaten Minahasa. Kata Kunci : Pendapatan Asli Daerah, Pertumbuhan Ekonomi, Pajak Hotel dan Restoran  ABSTRACT             Economic development areas especially the city is the starting point of construction , so that the regions is expected to be more aware of their potential and what has been one of the needs of the regions increase in income and economic growth through a tax collection hotel and restaurant to the impact as expected.            In this study aims to to analyze the all the potential and the effectiveness of tax hotel tax and restoranserta what effect it had on the regional genuine income and economic growth in kabupaten Minahasa .            Based on the research shows that hotel and restaurant tax potential is weak , while the effectiveness , hotel and restaurant tax shows a figure that is effective and above 100% , and together the hotel and restaurant tax positive impact on local revenue , this is also at the same time the hotel and restaurant tax and local revenue positive impact on the economic growth is in kabupaten Minahasa . Keyword : Local revenue, economic growth, hotel and restaurant taxes

scholarly journals Learning Losses Caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic - A Significant Threat to Economic Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Tea Kasradze ◽  
Nino Zarnadze
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Increase Productivity ◽  
The Impact

Numerous studies show that there is a positive correlation between education and the economic development of the country. Strong education systems have a positive impact not only on the success of individuals but also on the economy of the entire country. Graduates equipped with the skills required by the labor market can easily find a place in this market. Knowledge and skills relevant to market demand increase productivity have a positive impact on economic growth and development. Unfortunately, Covid Pandemic has severely damaged the education systems. Governments, scientists, and experts provide us with statistical information daily around the world about both the slowdown in economic growth as a whole and the problems of individual sectors of the economy. These are the problems and numbers that are already visible and it can be said that the losses are easily measurable. However, the damage caused to the economy by education systems affected by the pandemic will be felt by countries and humanity years later, nor will it be easy to calculate. The problem is even more difficult in poor and developing countries. This paper aims to study the impact of the Covid Pandemic on the education system and economy in Georgia. The research examines the reports and studies of various international organizations, analyzing the secondary data obtained from them. Local policy documents, government reports and regulations, and papers of different researchers have also been studied, conclusions have been made and relevant recommendations have been developed.

scholarly journals Analysis of The Impact of The Region Expansion on Economic Growth (Case Study: Expansion of North Toraja Regency from Tana Toraja)

Jurnal Office ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Samuel Randy Tapparan ◽  
Abdul Wahab
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
T Test ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
The People ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Autonomous Regions ◽  
The Impact

The increasing number of regions proposing themselves to form new autonomous regions since the enactment of Law Number 32 of 2004 concerning "Regional Government", aims to improve economic development and the welfare of the people in each region. The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of regional expansion on the economic growth of North Toraja Regency. The Technik of data collection in this study uses the documentary Technik, which is in the form of reports from relevant agencies. The analysis technique used is by using the independent sample T-test. The results of the study show that regional expansion has an impact on the economic growth of North Toraja Regency.

scholarly journals The Impact Of Macroeconomic Factors In Economic Growth

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alush Kryeziu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Budget Deficit ◽  
Econometric Model ◽  
Macroeconomic Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Macroeconomic Indicators ◽  
The Impact

In this paper will be discussed the main concepts and trends of the macro-fiscal indicators in economic growth, as well as their importance in the economic development of different countries, with special emphasis in Kosovo. One of the aims of this paper is to define and explain the connection between macroeconomic indicators with specific emphasis: the public debt, budget deficit and inflation on economic growth. In order to analyze this impact of variables in economic growth, the targeted time period of research is the period from 2004 to 2014. While the data taken regarding Kosovo were obtained from the year 2005, due to the fact that earlier the data have been limited because of the developments in which Kosovo went through. The model that best represents the link between macro-fiscal indicators on economic growth is the linear regression as an econometric model. We will have the opportunity to see and interpret these data. The overall results have emerged in accordance with theoretical discussions presented, but this relationship has not turned out to be very strong because the coefficients acquired did not have great explanatory skills for economic phenomena.

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