Environmental Regulation in Evolution and Governance Strategies
Guangyuan Xing,
Youheng Zhang () and
Ju’e Guo
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Guangyuan Xing: School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China
Youheng Zhang: School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Ju’e Guo: School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 6, 1-25
Abstract:
Environmental regulation faces theoretical and practical research challenges on global scale, due to differences such as language and policy environment. Research reflects the beneficial exploration of scholars, policymakers, and enterprises in the cognitive and behavioural norms of economic development, environmental protection, and social governance. This study demonstrated that the relevant research is motivated by the enaction of environmental regulations and discussed the influence of relevant research on the evolution of environmental regulations. Under the assumption that environmental regulations are consistent with related research, this study used 9185 papers in the field of environmental regulation from 2000 to 2019 to construct a research network panorama and explored the development and revelation of environmental regulation. The results revealed that environmental regulation research is motivated by the introduction of policies, and regulation is influenced by research evolution with the path of ‘competitiveness-technological change-innovation.’ In addition, after the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21), the number of studies increased significantly, with the USA in the leading position in the research field. Furthermore, governance strategies were inspired by real events, including the increasing concern with climate change, regional research preferences, and the promotion of information disclosure. These results suggest that environmental governors should focus on climate change, localisation, and mechanisms of information disclosure.
Keywords: environmental regulation; environmental policy; development trend; climate change; governance strategies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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