Biased technical change, capital deepening, and efficiency of environmental regulations: Evidence from the Chinese provinces

Pan Zhao, Guoheng Hu and Peizhen Jin

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2023, vol. 191, issue C

Abstract: This study uses the Malmquist-Luenberger index to test how the capital-biased technical change affects the efficiency of environmental regulation in China using the provincial-level panel data from 2004 to 2018. It is found that there is a significant capital-biased technical change. The total factor productivity growth promotes the provincial-level efficiency of environmental regulation. However, capital deepening hinders the enhancement of the efficiency of environmental regulation. Finally, the Spatial Durbin model estimations indicate that the capital-biased technical change positively affects the provincial efficiency of environmental regulation, and its components exhibit remarkable spatial spillover effects.

Keywords: Environmental regulation; Biased technical change; Capital deepening; Malmquist-Luenberger Index; Spatial Durbin Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122453

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