Environmental regulation, market demand, and green innovation: spatial perspective evidence from China

Shao, Xiaoyu; Li, Sha; Ran, Ruiping; Liu, Yunqiang

doi:10.1007/s11356-022-20313-y

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“…Second, this study attempts to explore the micro‐mechanism underlying government environmental regulation and corporate green innovation under a new theoretical framework that combines legitimacy theory and resource‐based viewpoints (Mao & Failler, 2022; Shao et al, 2022; Yang, Wang, et al, 2022). Previous studies focus on the impact mechanism mainly from green innovation itself but ignore the competition and cooperation relationship between other innovation activities and green innovation (Chao & Huang, 2022; Liu & Dong, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

Government environmental concerns and corporate green innovation: Evidence from heavy‐polluting enterprises in China

Chen,

Zhu,

Ding

et al. 2023

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The objective of this study is to examine the impact of government environmental concerns on green innovation and whether this has a “leverage effect” or a “crowding‐out effect.” This study employs a two‐way fixed‐effects model to conduct an empirical test using panel data from 2010 to 2020 on Chinese firms listed in heavy‐polluting industries. The results suggest that an increase in government environmental concerns can promote corporate green innovation. However, government environmental concerns primarily stimulate strategic innovation rather than substantive innovation. After a series of robustness and endogeneity tests, the conclusions of this paper still hold. Corporate green innovation induced by government environmental concerns is not the “leverage effect” superimposed on existing innovation activities but the “crowding‐out effect” of other technological innovation. The heterogeneity tests in this paper indicate that the impact is more pronounced for firms with poorer environmental conditions, stronger political connections, and richer executive backgrounds.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Government environmental concerns and corporate green innovation: Evidence from heavy‐polluting enterprises in China

Chen,

Zhu,

Ding

et al. 2023

Bus Strat Env

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“…Similarly, Zhang et al [ 58 ] and Hu et al [ 59 ] showed that there is regional heterogeneity in the effect of environmental regulation on GTI. Shao et al [ 60 ] showed that environmental regulation has a positive effect on GTI in eastern China but not in the central and western regions. However, Nie et al [ 61 ] showed that voluntary environmental regulation has a significant positive effect on green technology innovation regardless of regional factors.…”

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The Heterogeneous Effects of Formal and Informal Environmental Regulation on Green Technology Innovation—An Empirical Study of 284 Cities in China

Ren

Wang

et al. 2023

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Promoting green technology innovation (GTI) through environmental regulation is a key measure in reducing the severity of environmental problems. However, the effects of formal environmental regulation (FER) and informal environmental regulation (IER) on GTI have not been clarified. Through theoretical analysis, this paper analyzes the effects of FER and IER on GTI based on OLS and GTWR models. The results show the following: (1) In all Chinese cities, both FER and IER have had a positive impact on GTI. The impact of FER has been much stronger than that of IER. They show a linkage effect, and their interaction (TER) has had a positive impact on GTI. (2) In terms of spatial heterogeneity, the impact of FER, IER, and TER on GTI has decreased across the east–west gradient and has been supplemented by a core–periphery structure. (3) In terms of urban heterogeneity, the impact of FER, IER, and TER has decreased with the size of the city. This study has the potential to strengthen the effect of environmental regulation on GTI. It can provide a decision-making reference for cities to coordinate FER and IER strategies, and provides evidence for adopting regionally differentiated environmental regulation strategies.

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“…The third point is that the relationship between environmental regulation and green technological innovation is not binary but rather diverse. Shao et al [26] argued that ecological law significantly impacts various types of green technological innovation in enterprises. Still, there is a nonlinear relationship between the intensity of environmental regulation and some of the green technological innovations in enterprises (reducing the intensity of sulfur dioxide emissions, reducing the intensity of industrial wastewater emissions, and increasing the removal rate of industrial wastewater).…”

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The Empirical Analysis of Environmental Regulation’s Spatial Spillover Effects on Green Technology Innovation in China

Wang

Chai

et al. 2023

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Green technology innovation is one of the driving forces of industrial structure upgrading. This innovation is thought to be related to environmental regulation. The study uses panel data for 30 Chinese provinces and cities from 2009 to 2020 and presents a comprehensive research-based explanation of how environmental regulations impact green innovation. This study employs the spatial Durbin model to analyze the spillover effect of the region. The results show that the total impact of environmental regulations is 0.223%, of which the direct effect is 0.099%. This impact includes the effects of both formal and informal environmental regulation. It indicates that ecological regulations significantly enhance green technology innovation. Furthermore, the spatial spillover effect is significantly positive at the 1% level with a coefficient of 0.124. Such spillover effects represent a learning effect of regional environmental regulation. Based on the results, the study suggests a few policy measures based on the detailed outcomes.

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Environmental regulation, market demand, and green innovation: spatial perspective evidence from China

Cited by 36 publications

References 124 publications

Government environmental concerns and corporate green innovation: Evidence from heavy‐polluting enterprises in China

Government environmental concerns and corporate green innovation: Evidence from heavy‐polluting enterprises in China

The Heterogeneous Effects of Formal and Informal Environmental Regulation on Green Technology Innovation—An Empirical Study of 284 Cities in China

The Empirical Analysis of Environmental Regulation’s Spatial Spillover Effects on Green Technology Innovation in China

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