Exploring the role of environmental regulation on energy security: Contextual findings for sustainable development in Chinese provinces

Zhao, Xin; Tao, Weiliang; Ma, Xiaowei; Wang, Chen; Mentel, Grzegorz

doi:10.1016/j.gr.2022.12.017

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“…Banks’ loan reviews and interventions can impact the normal business activities of enterprises. Green financial policies should guide and restrain the behaviour of banks to avoid excessive intervention in business activities [ 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ].…”

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Green Finance and Technological Innovation in Heavily Polluting Enterprises: Evidence from China

Wang

2023

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There is an urgent need for countries worldwide to promote the green transformation of their economies and reduce environmental pollution. Based on China’s Green Credit Guidelines policy in 2012 and the data of Chinese listed companies from 2007 to 2021, we conducted an empirical test using the difference-in-differences method. The results showed that green finance policies inhibit technological innovation in heavily polluting enterprises, and the stronger the enterprise’s operating capacity, the weaker this inhibiting effect. The study also shows that bank loan, loan term, corporate management motivation, and business confidence have intermediation effects. Therefore, countries should improve green financial policies and promote technological innovation in heavily polluting enterprises in order to reduce environmental pollution and promote green growth.

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Green Finance and Technological Innovation in Heavily Polluting Enterprises: Evidence from China

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2023

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“…As green technology has the characteristics of high risk and high investment, traditional investment, and government development efforts do not provide sufficient financing support. The financial sector must meet the capital needs of green innovation, provide financing channel for R&D activities and the marketization of green technology innovation, and ensure the sustainability of green technology innovation (Liu et al, 2022; Zhao et al, 2023). For example, in the pursuit of high returns in the early stages of green technology innovation, venture capitalists will invest in high-risk scientific and technological innovation projects with positive market development potential but may lack the start-up funds required to further the rapid development of these activities.…”

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Go for Economic Transformation and Development in China: Financial Development, Higher Education, and Green Technology Evolution

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Technology innovation is the key driving force in achieving economic transformation and development. Financial development and the expansion of higher education can promote technological progress primarily by easing financing constraints and improving the level of human capital. This study examines the impact of financial development and higher education expansion on green technology innovation. It conducts an empirical analysis by constructing a linear panel model and a nonlinear threshold model. The present study sample is based on the urban panel data of China from 2003–2019. (1) Financial development can significantly promote the expansion of higher education. (2) The expansion of higher education can improve energy and environment-based technological progress. (3) Financial development can both directly and indirectly promote green technology evolution by expanding higher education. The joint financial development and higher education expansion can significantly empower green technology innovation. (4) In the process of promoting green technology innovation, financial development has a non-linear influence on it, with higher education as the threshold. The effect of financial development on green technology innovation varies according to the degree of higher education. Based on these findings, we put forward policy proposals for green technology innovation to promote economic transformation and development in China.

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“…They found that broad environmental taxes such as taxes on vehicles and boats, resources, and urban land use had a significant positive impact on industrial green transformation. Zhao Xin (2023) tested the impact of environmental policies on energy use by using provincial panel data from 2005 to 2019 [26]. Syed Abdul (2022) identified a significant positive relationship between environmental policies and green total factor productivity through empirical analysis of data from a sample of 12 cities in China [17].…”

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Spatial and Heterogeneity Analysis of Environmental Taxes’ Impact on China’s Green Economy Development: A Sustainable Development Perspective

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Environmental taxation is an important tool used by governments to promote resource conservation and environmental protection. Given the current global constraints on resources and increasing environmental degradation, exploring how environmental taxes can effectively stimulate the development of a green economy is of utmost importance. This study utilized panel data from 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in China, covering the period from 2006 to 2020. The research findings indicate a spatial correlation between environmental taxes and green economic efficiency in China, with the former significantly promoting the development of the latter. A heterogeneity analysis revealed varying impacts of different taxes on the efficiency of green economic development in different regions. Controlling for variables, the study results demonstrated a negative correlation between industrial structure and green economic efficiency, with a significance level of 1%. Additionally, no correlation was found between pollution control efforts and green economic benefits. The effects of different taxes on regional efficiency varied, and industrial structure exhibited a negative correlation with green economic efficiency. This study recommends strengthening intergovernmental coordination, improving tax policies, optimizing industrial structure, and enhancing the pollution control efficiency of local governments to promote China’s green economy.

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Exploring the role of environmental regulation on energy security: Contextual findings for sustainable development in Chinese provinces

Cited by 33 publications

References 35 publications

Green Finance and Technological Innovation in Heavily Polluting Enterprises: Evidence from China

Green Finance and Technological Innovation in Heavily Polluting Enterprises: Evidence from China

Go for Economic Transformation and Development in China: Financial Development, Higher Education, and Green Technology Evolution

Spatial and Heterogeneity Analysis of Environmental Taxes’ Impact on China’s Green Economy Development: A Sustainable Development Perspective

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