Can government environmental regulation promote low-carbon development in heavy polluting industries? Evidence from China's new environmental protection law

Lin, Boqiang; Zhang, Aoxiang

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2022.106991

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“…(4) Urban innovation level (

{lnpat}_{it}

) is quantified as the logarithm value of the number of patents issued in urban areas (Byrne et al, 2012; Wang, Wu, & Liu, 2022). (5) The extent of government intervention (

{gov}_{it}

) is assessed through the ratio of urban government fiscal spending to fiscal policy revenue (Lin & Zhang, 2023). (6) The financial development level (

{fin}_{it}

) is measured by the ratio of various loan balances to the deposit balances of financial institutions at the end of the year (Kameyama et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…(5) The extent of government intervention (gov it ) is assessed through the ratio of urban government fiscal spending to fiscal policy revenue (Lin & Zhang, 2023). ( 6) The financial development level (fin it ) is measured by the ratio of various loan balances to the deposit balances of financial institutions at the end of the year (Kameyama et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Toward low‐carbon sustainable development: Exploring the impact of digital economy development and industrial restructuring

Tan,

Yang,

Irfan

et al. 2023

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Low‐carbon sustainable development is considered an essential strategy for achieving economic growth and environmental protection, requiring a fundamental transformation of the industrial structure, including developing clean technologies, promoting energy efficiency, and adopting sustainable production and consumption patterns. Simultaneously, the evolving digital economy is acknowledged as an essential driver in optimizing the industrial structure. Therefore, can digital economy development reshape the industrial structure and lead to low‐carbon sustainable development? The main purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of industrial structure upgrading in the relationship between the digital economy and low‐carbon development. Its ultimate purpose is to explore more possible paths to achieve low‐carbon development. This paper builds a regression model based on the data of cities. We found that digital economic development can directly promote low‐carbon sustainable development, a conclusion that still holds after endogeneity discussion and robustness testing. Additionally, digital economy development can promote industrial structure upgrading and thus promote low‐carbon sustainable development, meaning that industrial structure upgrading is an effective mechanism for digital economy development to promote low‐carbon sustainable development. This paper provides empirical evidence for the positive environmental externalities of digital economic development and establishes a basic research framework of “digital economic development → industrial structure upgrading → low‐carbon sustainable development.”

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“…(4) Urban innovation level (

{lnpat}_{it}

) is quantified as the logarithm value of the number of patents issued in urban areas (Byrne et al, 2012; Wang, Wu, & Liu, 2022). (5) The extent of government intervention (

{gov}_{it}

) is assessed through the ratio of urban government fiscal spending to fiscal policy revenue (Lin & Zhang, 2023). (6) The financial development level (

{fin}_{it}

) is measured by the ratio of various loan balances to the deposit balances of financial institutions at the end of the year (Kameyama et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Toward low‐carbon sustainable development: Exploring the impact of digital economy development and industrial restructuring

Tan,

Yang,

Irfan

et al. 2023

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“…The gobal purpose of the research of the development and the use of technologies of carbon binding is the reduction of CO2 maintenance in the atmosphere as well as achievements of maximum efficiency of economic and social development and environment protection within the economic development model [3,4,5].…”

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“…The issues of the development and transformation of a new model of "low-carbon" economy, its influence on urban, and social-and-economic development, climatic changes, development of alternative power engineering, support of decarbonization of national economy became the serious and discussed subject among foreign and Russian scientists, such as Mengru Liu [1], Matthias Speich [2], Boqiang Lin [3], Zeyu Xing [4], Ernest Baba Ali [5], Yan Long [6], Jacobson [7], Hyunwoong Choo [8], Bashmakova I.A. [9], I.S.…”

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Forming of a new “low-carbon” model of ecological development

Mottaeva,

Khussainova

2024

E3S Web Conf.

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The evolution of the development of the “low-carbon” economy concept, its concept as a new model of the economic development and ecological regulation is considered in this article. The scientific research allowing to open the main mechanisms and methods as well as to classify the indicators of resource and energy efficiency and to reveal the key factors of forming of “low-carbon” economy is studied. The relevant trends of “low-carbon” economy are systematized. The relevance of the article is in the fact that the development of “low-carbon” economy in the conditions of serious transformations of power industry and the whole economy, is the main lever of gradual transition to the ecological civilization, providing interaction and coordination of economic, social and ecological aspects. According to the results of the conducted research the conclusions which can help with forming of the programmes of economic development, projects of optimization of resource-and energy efficiency, actions for elimination of negative influences on the ecological sphere, are created.

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“…Columns (1)-( 6) of Panel B show that digital governance has not improved carbon emission performance through increased government attention to environmental issues and green technology innovation, for the following reasons. First, digital governance does not directly provide resources to promote green technology innovation in firms; rather, the impact seems to come more from improved regulatory policies that provide incentives for firms to shift to low-carbon production (Wang et al 2016, Chen and Chen 2018, Cole et al 2005, Lin and Zhang 2023. Second, enterprises may face significant risks and costs when engaging in green technology innovation Wang 2022, Zhang et al 2022b).…”

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The role of digital governance on carbon emission performance: evidence from the cities in yangtze river delta, China

Wang,

Zhang,

Lin

et al. 2023

Environ. Res. Commun.

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Rapid industrialization and ambitious socio-economic targets have presented significant challenges to China’s carbon neutrality process. However, digital transformation offers new opportunities for sustainable development. This research examines the influence of digital governance (Digov) on carbon emission performance (Cep) and explores its underlying mechanisms. The study utilizes data from cities in China’s Yangtze River Delta from 2011 to 2019. The results show that digital governance has significantly improved carbon emission performance, a conclusion that remains robust even after conducting a series of rigorous tests and addressing endogeneity concerns. The main impact mechanisms of digital governance on carbon emission performance include energy intensity reduction, energy consumption scale reduction, industrial structure adjustment, and energy consumption structure optimization.Furthermore, the results indicate that the variation in carbon emission reduction due to digital governance can be attributed to differences in city administrative level, city size, and government capacity. In particular, digital governance plays a pivotal role in facilitating the sustainable transformation of resource-based cities.From the perspective of digital governance, this study provides effective recommendations and valuable insights for achieving low-carbon targets and promoting sustainable development of cities.

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Can government environmental regulation promote low-carbon development in heavy polluting industries? Evidence from China's new environmental protection law

Cited by 73 publications

References 82 publications

Toward low‐carbon sustainable development: Exploring the impact of digital economy development and industrial restructuring

Toward low‐carbon sustainable development: Exploring the impact of digital economy development and industrial restructuring

Forming of a new “low-carbon” model of ecological development

The role of digital governance on carbon emission performance: evidence from the cities in yangtze river delta, China

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