Environmental decentralization, local government competition, and regional green development: Evidence from China

Wu, Haitao; Li, Yunwei; Hao, Yu; Ren, Siyu; Zhang, Pengfei

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135085

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“…Under the assessment system of GDP-oriented local officials, attracting foreign capital has become the main means for local governments to compete. Therefore, this study uses the logarithmic value of per capita actual utilization of FDI (hereinafter referred to as “actual FDI per capita”) to measure local government competition based on China’s actual background and existing research [ 9 , 29 , 35 ]. The higher the actual FDI per capita, the stronger the competition among local governments.…”

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Does Coastal Local Government Competition Increase Coastal Water Pollution? Evidence from China

Shen

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China has formulated many policies and regulations for the management of the coastal water environment. However, the coastal water environment has not been significantly improved. The perspective of local government competition can provide an explanation for this phenomenon. This study uses panel data comprising 48 coastal cities in China from 2004 to 2017 as bases explore the impact of coastal local government competition on coastal water pollution by using a two-way fixed-effects panel regression model. Results show that coastal local government competition increased coastal water pollution. However, a sub-sample estimation based on fiscal pressure shows that coastal local government competition only increased the coastal water pollution of the high fiscal pressure group, and its impact on the coastal water pollution in the low financial pressure group failed to pass the significance test. In addition, sub-sample estimation based on different periods shows that the impact of coastal local government competition on coastal water pollution was not significant before 2008, but showed a significant positive impact after 2008.

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Does Coastal Local Government Competition Increase Coastal Water Pollution? Evidence from China

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“…Others hold that local governments implement stringent environmental regulations as the degree of ED increases [21], which helps to reduce regional environmental pollution [22]. At present, in most studies of the environmental effects of ED [19], only a few considered the joint effects on the environment and economic growth [23]. However, fiscal decentralization can influence environmental quality indirectly and requires mediators, i.e., environmental regulations [10,11].…”

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Environmental Regulation and Green Productivity: Evidence of the Moderating Effect of Chinese Environmental Decentralization

Chen¹

2020

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Environmental decentralization (ED), as an institutional factor, impacts the effectiveness of environmental regulation to achieve green productivity (GTFP). Based on panel data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2001 to 2015, this paper assessed GTFP, whose value is higher than 1. A two-step generalized method of moments (GMM) was employed to test the effects of environmental regulations (environmental protection investment (ENV) and pollutant discharge fees (PDF)) on GTFP with or without being influenced by ED. Without the impact of ED, GTFP is significantly inhibited by ENV, while it is significantly promoted by PDF. Under the influences of environmental decentralization from the central to the local authorities (TED), ENV has insignificantly negative effects on GTFP; contrarily, PDF have positive effects on GTFP. As for moderating effects of environmental decentralization at different administrative levels within a province, the degree of provincial environmental decentralization (PTED) should be decreased, while the degrees of prefectural ED (UTED) and county-level ED (CTED) should be increased. Generally, rationally allocating environmental management power among various administrative levels in a province increases the effectiveness of PDF to achieve green productivity while decreases the negative effects of ENV.

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“…The difficulties in calculating the decentralization degree occur because the relationships between the different levels are intricate. With reference to [32], the calculation formula of total environmental decentralization is expressed as follows: […”

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Environmental Regulation and Green Productivity: Evidence of the Moderating Effect of Chinese Environmental Decentralization

Chen¹,

Zhao²

2020

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Environmental decentralization (ED), or the allocation of environmental protection affairs and responsibilities among various administrative authorities, affects the effectiveness of environmental regulation in promoting green total factor productivity (GTFP). Based on panel data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2001 to 2015, this paper employs dynamic panel models to test the effects of environmental regulations (environmental protection investment, ENV; pollutant discharge fees, PDF) on GTFP, with or without being influenced by ED. Without the impact of ED, GTFP is significantly inhibited by ENV while significantly promoted by PDF. Considering the impact of ED, with the strengthening of ED, the negative effects of ENV on GTFP is significant; contrarily, the positive effects of PDF on GTFP is significant; improving provincial ED adds negative effects of ENV, while reduces the positive effects of PDF; increasing prefectural ED reduces negative effects of ENV; expanding county-level ED adds the positive effects of PDF. Therefore, to boost GTFP growth, prefectural environmental protection authorities should have more autonomy in ENV, while the county-level should have more autonomy in PDF.

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Environmental decentralization, local government competition, and regional green development: Evidence from China

Cited by 328 publications

References 65 publications

Does Coastal Local Government Competition Increase Coastal Water Pollution? Evidence from China

Does Coastal Local Government Competition Increase Coastal Water Pollution? Evidence from China

Environmental Regulation and Green Productivity: Evidence of the Moderating Effect of Chinese Environmental Decentralization

Environmental Regulation and Green Productivity: Evidence of the Moderating Effect of Chinese Environmental Decentralization

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