Does industrial sustainable development policy act as a booster for urban economic growth? Evidence from China's eco‐industrial parks
Jianxian Wu,
Xin Nie,
Han Wang
Abstract:Eco‐industrial parks (EIPs), which reduce pollution and transform the industrial sector to be more environmentally benign, represent the industrial sustainable development policy. However, little research has concentrated on its economic effects. We explore the impacts of 93 national demonstration EIPs on urban economic development using time‐varying difference‐in‐difference, based on panel data from 330 Chinese cities from 1995 to 2018. We show that EIPs have contributed to an economic growth range between 7.… Show more
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