Assessment of environmental concern for enterprise pollution reduction

Fanglin Chen, Tianzi Zhang and Zhongfei Chen

Economic Analysis and Policy, 2024, vol. 81, issue C, 772-786

Abstract: Environmental regulation produces different effects in different regions. Public concern for the environment in different regions may affect the effectiveness of environmental regulation. Using the pollution emission data of the Chinese Industrial Enterprise Database and the Baidu Index, this paper uses econometric models to evaluate the effect of public environmental concern on enterprise pollution emissions. Results show that public environmental concern reduces enterprise emissions with a coefficient of -3.026. Further research shows that the negative relationship between public environmental concern and pollution emissions is significant for state-owned enterprises, longer-established enterprises, and enterprises in cities with high GDP, in populated areas, and in cities with a higher concentration of secondary industries. Through mechanism analysis, we found that the public can urge enterprises to reduce emissions through centralized treatment of wastewater, harmless treatment of garbage, and increasing green areas, and enterprises should take corresponding measures for different emissions. Finally, we present suggestions for pluralistic co-governance from the perspectives of the government, enterprises, and the media.

Keywords: Emission reduction; Environmental regulation; Public concern (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 P28 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2024.01.003

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