Investigating the Relationship between Economic Growth, Institutional Environment and Sulphur Dioxide Emissions

Xiaohua Hou, Bo Cheng, Zhiliang Xia, Haijun Zhou, Qi Shen (), Yanjie Lu (), Ehsan Nazemi and Guodao Zhang
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Xiaohua Hou: Office of Budget and Finance, Zhejiang College of Security Technology, Wenzhou 325016, China
Bo Cheng: Accounting College, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing 211815, China
Zhiliang Xia: School of Design, Wenzhou Polytechnic, Wenzhou 325035, China
Haijun Zhou: Office of Budget and Finance, Zhejiang College of Security Technology, Wenzhou 325016, China
Qi Shen: School of Economics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
Yanjie Lu: School of Economics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
Ehsan Nazemi: Imec-Vision Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
Guodao Zhang: Department of Digital Media Technology, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: In order to promote ecological sustainability, the issue of sulphur dioxide emissions is of increasing interest to researchers. Majority of the current research, however, focuses on the relationship between sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) emissions, foreign direct investment (FDI), and trade, as well as the effects of trade on SO 2 emissions, thus rarely takes it into account that the greater impact of the institutional environment and economic growth on SO 2 emissions. Using the 2008–2017 provincial panel data, this paper uses a fixed effects model to empirically test the institutional environment and economic growth of sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) emissions. The results show that GDP growth and SO 2 emissions had an inverted “U”-shaped relationship. The institutional environment and the higher level of government intervention in the region led to SO 2 emissions decreasing significantly, and the institutional environment and the level of government intervention on economic growth and SO 2 emissions form a negative regulatory role. In this paper, environmental governance research, specified by the regional environmental governance, and government environmental performance audit policy provide empirical evidence, thus promoting sustainable ecological and environmental development.

Keywords: statistical analysis; sustainability; institutional environment; government intervention; GDP; sulphur dioxide emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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