Impacts of environmental regulation and energy misallocation on energy environmental efficiency

Hong, Shuifeng; Deng, Yating; Guang, Fengtao

doi:10.1007/s10668-023-03951-1

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“…In the early stage of environmental regulation, regional enterprises will be more affected by the "cost effect", but with the development of enterprises and the deepening of government regulation, regional enterprises will shift to the "Porter hypothesis". For example, Hong et al [ 20 ] divided environmental regulation into command-and-control and market-oriented regulation; however, their research showed that there was a U-shaped relationship between those two types and energy efficiency. In addition, Ren and Wu [ 21 ] used the GML index to measure energy efficiency and concluded that the impact of environmental regulation on energy efficiency exhibited a U-shaped relationship.…”

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Environmental regulation, industrial structure and energy efficiency: Evidence from 30 provinces in China

Zhu,

Cai,

Fang

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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The government’s environmental protection policy can significantly contribute to alleviating resource shortages and curbing environmental pollution, but the impact of various policy instruments implemented by the government on energy efficiency is unclear. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2005 to 2021, this paper analyses the impact of environmental regulation and the industrial structure on energy efficiency from the perspective of resource taxes. The U-shaped relationship between environmental regulation and energy efficiency and between the optimization of industrial structure can significantly improve energy efficiency, and the optimization of industrial structure is conducive to weakening the initial inhibitory effect of environmental regulation. In addition, the analysis of regional heterogeneity showed that the impact of environmental regulation was stronger in the central and western regions, while the impact of industrial structure was stronger in the eastern and western regions. The conclusions of this study can help to expand the understanding of the relationship between environmental regulation and industrial structure on energy efficiency, provide policy enlightenment for the realization of green development and high-quality development, and provide Chinese examples and experiences for developing countries to improve energy efficiency.

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Section: Literature Review and Research Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%