Environmental taxes and productivity: Lessons from Canadian manufacturing

Yamazaki, Akio

doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104560

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“…Achieving the goal of carbon neutrality requires not only a strong public awareness of environmental protection and resource conservation, but also the introduction of relevant government policies and measures by the government Yamazaki, 2022). There has been discussion about whether the innovation compensation effect or the cost effect of environmental regulation should be used as an important regulatory tool for limiting businesses' pollution emission behavior (De La Peña et al, 2022;Liu X. et al, 2022).…”

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Achieving Carbon Neutrality – The Role of Heterogeneous Environmental Regulations on Urban Green Innovation

Liu

Wang

et al. 2022

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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This article examines the impact of heterogeneous environmental regulations on urban green innovation using panel data from 285 prefecture-level cities in mainland China from 2008 to 2019. From the perspective of green patents, this article utilizes a two-way fixed-effect model and the mediation effect model to examine the mechanism of the impact of heterogeneous environmental regulations on urban green innovation in China. Results show that the urban green innovation development in China is relatively slow and can be easily influenced by national policies. More specifically, the relationship between the command-based environmental regulation and urban green innovation presents an inverted non-linear U-shaped model, whereas the relationship between the market-based and voluntary environmental regulation presents a positive U-shaped model. Further investigation of this mechanism concludes that the progression of regional green innovation is primarily accelerated by technological development, effective energy allocation, and industrial structural upgrading. However, the implementation of relevant environmental regulations varies, resulting in various green innovation progression rates. Therefore, in order to achieve the carbon neutrality goal that China proposes, the effectiveness of environmental regulation implementation should be improved. Moreover, the development of various environmental regulation tools should be better coordinated.

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Section: Theoretical Analysis and Research Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Achieving Carbon Neutrality – The Role of Heterogeneous Environmental Regulations on Urban Green Innovation

Liu

Wang

et al. 2022

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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“…Moreover, tax revenue obtained from related policies will be fed back to the economy to maintain government revenue. For example, revenues from specific taxes will be applied to compensate for the revenue loss from the of corporate and personal income taxes and lump-sum transfers to those low-income groups (Yamazaki, 2022). Therefore, in the long-term, the willingness of firms to pur-sue technological innovation and emission reduction may decrease, thereby hindering…”

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Threshold Effect of Environmental Regulation on Eco-Friendly Productivity: Empirical Evidence From China

Tao

Goh

2024

Asian Economics Letters

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This paper identifies the existence of a significant nonlinear relationship between environmental regulation (ER) and eco-friendly efficiency (EFE) adopting the panel smooth transition regression model. It is interesting to find that ER has temporarily inhibited EFE growth in China. An initial downward trend is reversed and shows upward improvement from a distinct point, creating a V-shaped trend.

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“…Desirable output is captured using two indicators: GDP, which measures economic output, and local fiscal revenue, which measures the efficiency and profitability of enterprises and institutions. The introduction of fiscal revenue as an output indicator is effective in preventing idiosyncratic bias in GDP, providing a more comprehensive picture of urban productivity, and making the results more accurate (Yamazaki, 2022). To exclude the effect of price factors, GDP is deflated using the provincial price indices for the base period of 2006.…”

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The impact of urban sprawl on green total factor productivity: A spatial econometric analysis in China

Liu

Wu²

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The rapid expansion of Chinese cities has led to serious urban productivity and eco-environment changes, and has therefore attracted considerable international academic attention. The main objective of this study is to investigate the theoretical mechanisms and practical effects of urban sprawl on green total factor productivity (GTFP), in order to provide a reference for optimizing the spatial layout of cities and promoting high-quality economic development. Realistic urban land area and population characteristics are extracted using DMSP/OLS and NPP/VIIRS nighttime lighting data, and LandScan global population dynamics statistics to measure the urban sprawl index. GTFP is measured using a super-SBM model that considers undesirable output. Based on the panel data of Chinese cities from 2006 to 2020, a spatial Durbin model was constructed to carry out the empirical analysis. The results show that, overall, urban sprawl in China is detrimental to its own GTFP, while contributing to the GTFP of neighboring cities. The impacts of urban sprawl vary markedly across cities of different sizes and across regions.

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Environmental taxes and productivity: Lessons from Canadian manufacturing

Cited by 40 publications

References 47 publications

Achieving Carbon Neutrality – The Role of Heterogeneous Environmental Regulations on Urban Green Innovation

Achieving Carbon Neutrality – The Role of Heterogeneous Environmental Regulations on Urban Green Innovation

Threshold Effect of Environmental Regulation on Eco-Friendly Productivity: Empirical Evidence From China

The impact of urban sprawl on green total factor productivity: A spatial econometric analysis in China

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