Does Heterogeneous Environmental Regulation Induce Regional Green Economic Growth? Evidence from China

Zihao Wu () and Ye Wang
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Zihao Wu: School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Ye Wang: School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-14

Abstract: Understanding the differences in the effects of heterogeneous environmental regulation (HER) can help governments select optimal environmental regulation (ER) to promote technological innovation (TI) and green economic growth (GEG). This paper chooses Chinese provincial panel data from 2003 to 2017 to investigate the intrinsic link between HER, TI, and GEG. The results show the following: (i) The effectiveness of different types of ER is different, and market incentive-based ER (MIER) is optimal; (ii) Public participation-based ER (PPER) has played a good role in promoting TI; (iii) The impact of executive order-based ER (EOER) on TI is insignificant; (iv) Only MIER-induced TI can contribute to GEG; (v) The effects of HER vary across different regions.

Keywords: environmental regulation; technological innovation; green economy; regional differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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