Influence of Environmental Regulation on the International Competitiveness of the High-Tech Industry: Evidence from China

Wenjuan Tu () and Rui Shi
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Wenjuan Tu: School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Rui Shi: School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Environmental regulation has become a significant way to achieve sustainable development. Taking the panel data of China’s high-tech industries from 2007–2016 in 30 provinces and cities as a sample, regression models are established to study the impact of three different types of environmental regulations on international competitiveness and the moderating effect of R&D (research & development) investment. The results show that the impact of environmental regulations on the international competitiveness of high-tech industries is related to the type of environmental regulation. There is a significant negative correlation between economic environmental regulation (EER) and the international competitiveness of high-tech industries, and R&D investment has a significant inhibitory effect on the relationship between the two. For both commanding environmental regulation (CER) and participatory environmental regulation (PER), R&D investment plays a significant moderating role in environmental regulation and the international competitiveness of high-tech industries. The impact of all three environmental regulations on R&D investment was positive but not significant. Finally, based on these research conclusions, a few countermeasures and suggestions are discussed for the formulation of China’s environmental regulation policies and the development of high-tech industries.

Keywords: environmental regulation; high-tech industry; international competitiveness; R&D investment; moderating effects; regression model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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