Official environmental accountability policy and firm’s environmental violations: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China

Huafei Wei () and Lei Du ()
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Huafei Wei: Anhui University
Lei Du: Central South University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2024, vol. 26, issue 8, No 51, 20397-20412

Abstract: Abstract Whether administrative accountability can successfully reduce policy implementation deviations is crucial for the effective implementation of environmental regulations. This study investigates the effect of administrative accountability pilot policy on corporate environmental violations. Based on panel data of listed firms in highly polluting industries from 2012 to 2017, this paper adopts the difference-in-differences model to examine the effects. The results show that the official accountability policy significantly reduces corporate environmental violations in pilot cities compared to non-pilot cities. The study also shows that improving environmental enforcement is potential channel. Further analysis shows that the policy also helps to correct implementation deviations and improve the environmental transparency of subordinate governments. In addition, this paper finds that the official accountability policy performs better in areas with less pollution dependence and more environmental attention, and firms with a history of violations and state-owned enterprises are also more proactive.

Keywords: Official environmental accountability policy; Implementation deviation; Officials’ environmental attention; Firm’s environmental violations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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