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Environmental regulation and the growth of the total-factor carbon productivity of China's industries: Evidence from the implementation of action plan of air pollution prevention and control.
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Journal of Environmental Management . Oct2021, Vol. 296, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- To abate the severe air pollution, the Chinese government released the Action Plan of Air Pollution Prevention and Control (APAPPC) in 2013. This paper regards the APAPPC as a quasi-experiment and uses the DID method to investigate the impact of environmental regulation on the growth of green total-factor productivity of China's industries. This article employs the non-radial directional distance function (NDDF) and the global Malmquist index to measure the total-factor carbon productivity of China's industries. Further regressions suggest that the implementation of the APAPPC has significantly promoted the growth of the total-factor carbon productivity in the air pollution-intensive industries, and its marginal effect has steadily increased with time. This result is still valid after using a series of counterfactual tests and robustness tests. The further mechanism study shows that the APAPPC has significantly promoted R&D investment, especially in instruments and equipment, which has effectively promoted technical efficiency and technological advancement. It indicates that stringent and well-designed environmental regulations should lead to a "win-win" situation of environmental improvement and economic development by encouraging enterprises to upgrade their technology and equipment. • This paper uses a typical case in China to demonstrate the porter's hypothesis. • This paper uses the DEA method to measure the total-factor carbon productivity of China's industries. • The Action Plan of Air Pollution Prevention and Control in China has significantly promoted the growth of total-factor carbon productivity. • The regulation promotes productivity by propelling enterprises to increase R&D investment and update their technical equipment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03014797
- Volume :
- 296
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151815333
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113078