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The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Green Economic Development

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (24 November 2023) | Viewed by 3161

Special Issue Editor

School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Interests: green innovation; environmental regulation; green economic performance; environmental efficiency; policy evaluation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The world’s pollution levels keep escalating, which can be attributed to the extensive pattern of economic growth. It is therefore urgent to accelerate green economic development. The ninth sustainable development goal in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development issued by the United Nations, which is to “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation,” points out the direction and presents arduous tasks for the green economic development of countries.

Due to the scarcity of environmental resources and the negative externality of environmental pollution, there would be inconsistencies between the private and social costs of environmental governance, which may easily lead to "market failure". This, therefore, makes it difficult to solve environmental pollution problems simply by relying on the market mechanism. Implementing environmental regulation is important in achieving green growth. However, the impact of environmental regulation on green economic development has not reached a consensus. Thus, more evidence is needed on explaining the environmental regulation–green economic development nexus, as well as their internal influencing mechanisms. Papers addressing the topic are invited for this Special Issue, especially those combining a high academic standard coupled with a practical focus on accelerating green economic development.

Dr. Yusen Luo
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • environmental regulation
  • green economic development
  • sustainability
  • industrial/regional green transformation
  • environmental awareness and public concern for environmental issues
  • climate change policy

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Environmental Regulation Effect on Green Total Factor Productivity: Mediating Role of Foreign Direct Investment Quantity and Quality
by Yusen Luo, Zhengnan Lu, Chao Wu and Claudia Nyarko Mensah
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 3150; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043150 - 10 Feb 2023
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Green total factor productivity (GTFP) is an excellent index for green development. The objective of this study was to check whether environmental regulation (ER) can affect GTFP through the mediating role of foreign direct investment (FDI) quantity and quality. Using the super-efficiency Epsilon-based [...] Read more.
Green total factor productivity (GTFP) is an excellent index for green development. The objective of this study was to check whether environmental regulation (ER) can affect GTFP through the mediating role of foreign direct investment (FDI) quantity and quality. Using the super-efficiency Epsilon-based measure (EBM) model and a Malmquist–Luenberger (ML) index, China’s GTFP growth was measured during 1998–2018. On this basis, we adopted a Systematic Generalized Method of Moments (SYS-GMM) to analyze the effect of ER on GTFP. The findings show that China’s GTFP declined first and rose again during the sample period. GTFP in the coastland was greater than that in the inland region. ER positively affected China’s GTFP growth. FDI quantity and quality mediated the nexus between ER and GTFP growth in the whole nation. Specifically, this mediation role of FDI quantity and quality was only significant in coastal China. Additionally, financial development can also boost GTFP growth in China. Given the importance of developing a green economy, the government should improve the FDI quality and attract green FDI. Full article
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The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Firm Performance: Evidence from the Pulp and Paper Industry in China
by Xu Ou and Haiwei Jiang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 2982; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042982 - 08 Feb 2023
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In areas with serious pollution problems, the government designates a special emission limit (SEL) for pollution control and environmental protection in China. This paper examines the effects of chemical oxygen demand (COD) SEL on firms’ production activity and market performance in the pulp [...] Read more.
In areas with serious pollution problems, the government designates a special emission limit (SEL) for pollution control and environmental protection in China. This paper examines the effects of chemical oxygen demand (COD) SEL on firms’ production activity and market performance in the pulp and paper industry in the Lake Tai area in China. Using firm-level data, we employ a difference-in-differences strategy and find that SEL has a negative impact on the production scale, profitability, and market size of the regulated firms, while showing no significant impact on firm exports. The heterogeneity tests suggest that the impact of SEL on production and market performance varies with firm ownership, firm size, and target market. The reallocation effect of production shifts extra production from exited firms to existing firms, which explains the expansion of production scale and market size for SOEs and large-sized regulated firms. Compared with the decline of production scale, the inventory alleviation effect reduces the negative impact of stricter environmental regulation on firm performance. Full article
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