Assessing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on China's TFP growth: Evidence from region-level data in 2020
In: Economic Analysis and Policy, Band 75, S. 362-377
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In: Economic Analysis and Policy, Band 75, S. 362-377
In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 109, S. 105648
ISSN: 0264-8377
In: Structural change and economic dynamics, Band 47, S. 171-179
ISSN: 1873-6017
In: Climate policy, Band 24, Heft 3, S. 346-361
ISSN: 1752-7457
Improvement of green total factor productivity (GTFP) through environmental regulation is of great practical significance in promoting the high-quality development of urban economies. Based on panel data for 163 cities in China from 2003 to 2016, five indicators were selected to quantify the effects of environmental regulation: the SO(2) removal rate, smoke and dust removal rate, solid waste utilization rate, domestic sewage treatment rate, and waste harmless treatment rate. This study evaluated the impact of environmental regulation on urban GTFP, and analyzed the threshold effect of urban economic development levels. The research results showed that the impact of environmental regulations on GTFP changed as the level of urban economic development increases. When the economic development level was low, environmental regulation had a significant positive effect on GTFP, especially the SO(2) removal rate. When the economy developed to reach a medium level, the impact of environmental regulation on GTFP was negative. When the economic development level was high, the SO(2) removal rate still had a significant positive impact on GTFP. The solid waste utilization rate had a significant negative impact on GTFP. It was concluded that the government should consider the local economic development level when formulating environmental regulation policies.
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