The Nonlinear Influence of Environmental Regulation on the Transformation and Upgrading of Industrial Structure

Shuai Guan, Jinquan Liu, Yongfu Liu and Mingze Du
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Shuai Guan: School of Economics and Statistics, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Jinquan Liu: School of Economics and Statistics, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Yongfu Liu: School of Economics and Statistics, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Mingze Du: Business School, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-16

Abstract: This paper measures the transformation and upgrading of industrial structure from two aspects of rationalization and upgrading of industrial structure, and empirically analyzes the impact of environmental regulation on industrial structure transformation and upgrading by using data of 29 provinces in China from 2004 to 2015. It was found that there is a significant nonlinear effect between environmental regulation and the transformation and upgrading of industrial structure. Specifically, environmental regulation is not conducive to the rational development of industrial structure, but with the continuous improvement of economic development level and human capital level, the inhibitory effect of environmental regulation on the rationalization of industrial structure is gradually weakened. The influence coefficient of environmental regulation on the rationalization of industrial structure is 0.0619~0.2648. Moreover, environmental regulation effectively drives the upgrading of industrial structure, and when the level of economic development and human capital are higher than the threshold, the role of environmental regulation in promoting the high development of industrial structure is gradually enhanced. The influence coefficient of environmental regulation on the upgrading of industrial structure is 0.0540~0.5626. Therefore, it is of great significance to formulate appropriate environmental regulation policies according to local conditions in the transformation and upgrading of industrial structure.

Keywords: environmental regulation; rationalization of industrial structure; upgrading the industrial structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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