Environmental Regulation Promotes Eco-Efficiency through Industrial Transfer: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China

Yelin Dai, Yue Liu (), Xuhui Ding, Chundu Wu and Yu Chen
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Yelin Dai: School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Yue Liu: School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Xuhui Ding: School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Chundu Wu: School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Yu Chen: School of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University Zhongbei College, Zhenjiang 212300, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-31

Abstract: How does environmental regulation affect ecological efficiency? What is the role of industrial transfer in the mechanism of action? Relations and interactions between the three determine economic quality when ecological performance is concerned. Empirical studies in this paper are based on samples from the Yangtze River economic belt in China, which contributes nearly half of China’s GDP. By measuring environmental regulation, industrial transfer, and ecological efficiency, data and indexes are prepared for investigating the driving mechanism of environmental regulation and illustrating of the role of industrial transfer. By applying the Markov process to model industrial transfer between regions, the dynamic of transfer is simulated and facilitates further study on the effects of industrial transfer. Finally, this paper concludes that by targeting on the improvement of ecological efficiency, environmental regulation releases its utility through industrial transfer. The highlights include three aspects. Theoretically, it illustrates the driving mechanism of improving the eco-efficiency by environmental regulation. Technically, it pioneers a methodology for describing the regional industrial transfer by modeling it with a Markov process. Practically, the conclusion supplies insights into the inherent law of sustainable development for policy makers.

Keywords: environmental regulation; industrial transfer; ecological efficiency; Markov process (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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