Authoritarian energy transitions undermined? Environmental governance cycles in China’s power sector

Alkon, Meir; Wong, Audrye

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101531

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“…The literature mentioned that energy and the environment have spatial dimensions because pollution is a global phenomenon [27]. While talking about the energy sector transition, political systems, and governance, Alkon and Wong [28] mentioned that decentralization could improve economic prospects for a country. However, it can hinder the performance of the environmental governance structure, and tension between centralized and decentralized political systems can result in cyclicity in the energy system governance.…”

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Rule of Law, Corruption Control, Governance, and Economic Growth in Managing Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Consumption in South Asia

Mahmood

Tanveer

Furqan

2021

IJERPH

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Strong governance is vital for developing environmental policies to promote renewable energy consumption and discourage nonrenewable energy sources. The present research explores the effect of economic growth and different governance indicators on renewable and nonrenewable energy consumption in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka using data from 1996 to 2019. For this purpose, the study uses different econometric techniques to find the long-term effects of the rule of law, regulatory quality, corruption control, government effectiveness, political stability, voice and accountability, and economic growth on oil, natural gas, coal, hydroelectricity, and renewable energy consumption. The results show that economic growth has a positive impact on all investigated renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. Additionally, regulatory quality measures also increase all types of renewable and nonrenewable energy consumption. Except for natural gas, the impact of the rule of law is negative, and government effectiveness positively affects all energy sources. Control of corruption has a positive effect on natural gas consumption. Political stability has a negative effect on nonrenewable energy sources and a positive impact on renewable energy sources. The magnitudes of the effects of economic growth and most governance indicators are found to be larger on nonrenewable sources than renewable sources. The testing of the energy consumption and governance nexus is scant in global literature and is missing in South Asian literature. Hence, the study results contribute to how South Asian economies can be more sustainable in energy use by enhancing governance indicators in the economies. Particularly, the results imply that these countries should focus on improving the rule of law, corruption control, governance, regulatory quality, political stability, and economic growth to help maintain a sustainable balance of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. Moreover, this issue needs further attention in developing countries, as governance indicators would play an effective role in promoting sustainable energy.

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Rule of Law, Corruption Control, Governance, and Economic Growth in Managing Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Consumption in South Asia

Mahmood

Tanveer

Furqan

2021

IJERPH

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“…There is competition for environmental governance policies among local governments in China, and the characteristics of "race to the bottom" are more significant. Although the Chinese government has made great progress in environmental governance, the implementation of environmental regulations in China is considered a challenging task (Alkon & Wong, 2020). Local cadres are apt to pursue GDP growth under the decentralized system and original incentive structure, thus leading to the ineffective enforcement of environmental regulation (Ran et al, 2017).…”

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Environmental governance, local government competition and industrial green transformation: Evidence from China's sustainable development practice

Yang

Liu

Deng

2022

Sustainable Development

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The rapid development of China's economy has also led to serious environmental problems, which have seriously restricted China's sustainable development. To this end, the Chinese government has continued to explore environmental governance.So, can environmental governance policies promote industrial green transformation, so as to achieve the goal of sustainable development? Will environmental policy competition among local governments have an impact on them? These issues are the focus of this article. Based on the provincial panel data of China from 2006 to 2021, this article empirically analyzes the relationship between environmental governance, local government competition, and industrial green transformation. The results found that there was a "U" type nonlinear relationship between environmental governance and industrial green transformation. On the whole, most regions of China are still in the development stage where environmental governance is not conducive to industrial green transformation. There is competition for environmental governance policies among local governments in China, and the characteristics of "race to the bottom" are more significant. In the East developed areas, there is a more significant "yardstick competition" game state. In the Midwest undeveloped areas, it is manifested as competition for resources by deregulation of the environment, thereby promoting short-term economic growth. In addition, local protection behaviors negatively regulate the impact of environmental governance on industrial green transformation, that is, inhibiting local industrial green transformation by causing labor market mismatch. This study can provide valuable insights for policymakers aiming to adopt measures to achieve the sustainable development of the economy and environment.

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“…Political incentives prompt local governments to prioritize economic growth at the expense of environmental benefits (Shih et al, 2012;Peng et al, 2019). Also, the regular rotation of local officials creates inherent tensions between the pursuit of economic growth and environmental sustainability (Alkon and Wong, 2020;Eaton and Kostka, 2014). To pursue their own economic interests, local officials may form alliances with economic entities such as state-owned enterprises to implement symbolic pollution-reducing policies, such as only imposing a nominal fine (van Rooij, 2006;Zhang et al, 2010;Lo et al, 2012).…”

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The evolutionary mechanism of haze collaborative governance: novel evidence from a tripartite evolutionary game model and a case study in China

Zhang

et al. 2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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The topic of haze collaborative governance has become a hot policy issue attracting worldwide attention. However, existing studies do not pay enough attention to haze collaborative governance in the process of central environmental protection inspection (CEPI). This paper employs a tripartite evolutionary game model to explore the evolutionary mechanism of haze collaborative governance among China’s central and local governments and verifies its findings further through a case study of CEPI for air pollution in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding regions. The results show that haze collaborative governance is mainly affected by the performance evaluation system, policy implementation cost, clean government construction, industrial transfer trend, fiscal subsidy, environmental inspection cost, environmental accountability, and public participation. The implementation of CEPI is conducive to haze collaborative governance among central government and local governments. To promote the full implementation of air pollution control policies, the local governments need to optimize the performance evaluation system by considering economic development and environmental protection, reduce policy implementation costs by cost-sharing, and strengthen clean government construction by preventing rent-seeking corruption. In addition, the local governments need to strengthen the coordination of cross-regional industrial development and optimize fiscal subsidies to promote ecological compensation and transfer payments. For supervising the policy implementation of local governments thoroughly, the central government needs to reduce the environmental inspection cost using the evaluation framework of cost-benefit analysis, strengthen the haze governance accountability through normalizing supervision, and broaden the public’s external supervision channels. It is vital to take effective measures to carry out haze collaborative governance, providing a useful experience for developing countries.

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Authoritarian energy transitions undermined? Environmental governance cycles in China’s power sector

Cited by 21 publications

References 46 publications

Rule of Law, Corruption Control, Governance, and Economic Growth in Managing Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Consumption in South Asia

Rule of Law, Corruption Control, Governance, and Economic Growth in Managing Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Consumption in South Asia

Environmental governance, local government competition and industrial green transformation: Evidence from China's sustainable development practice

The evolutionary mechanism of haze collaborative governance: novel evidence from a tripartite evolutionary game model and a case study in China

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