Research on the impact of FDI and environmental regulation on the industrial structure upgrading in the Yellow River Basin

IF 2 3区地球科学 Q3 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Frontiers in Earth Science Pub Date : 2024-07-31 DOI:10.3389/feart.2024.1379870

Jinxiu Yu

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Introductions: Since the reform and opening up, the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) has provided a steady stream of capital, technology, talent and other resources for the development of the Yellow River basin, while caused problems such as environmental pollution, ecological fragility and industrial structure upgrading difficulties to some extent. Environmental regulation is a pivotal initiative to achieve mutual harmony between ecological environment and economic development, which could enhance the quality of the introduction of FDI and accelerate the green transformation of the development mode.Methods: Based on urban panel data from 2006–2019, this study empirically examined the impact of FDI and environmental regulation on industrial structure upgrading in the Yellow River Basin. Moreover, taking environmental regulation as a threshold variable, a panel threshold model was established to further explore the role of environmental regulation in the impact of FDI on industrial structure upgrading in the Yellow River Basin.Results: (1) The relationship between FDI and industrial structure upgrading in the Yellow River Basin is not a simple linear relationship, but an inverted “U”-shaped relationship that rises first and then falls, and the results of this inverted “U”-shaped relationship are still robust after replacing key indicators. (2) The environmental regulation policy has a driving effect on the upgrading of industrial structure in the Yellow River Basin. (3) Environmental regulation has a positive role in the influence of FDI on the industrial structure upgrading in the Yellow River basin, and the positive role increases gradually as the intensity of environmental regulation increases moderately, but if the intensity of environmental regulation is too high, it will have a negative impact on the upgrading of industrial structure in the Yellow River basin to some extent.Discussion: In the future, policymakers should make reasonable and effective use of FDI and improve the quality of FDI; reasonably formulate environmental regulation policies; coordinate the intensity of FDI and environmental regulation; thus, bring into play the promotion effect of FDI and environmental regulation on industrial structure upgrading, and then realize the win-win of ecological protection and high-quality economic development in the Yellow River Basin.

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外国直接投资和环境规制对黄河流域产业结构升级的影响研究

引言：改革开放以来，外商直接投资（FDI）的流入为黄河流域的发展提供了源源不断的资金、技术、人才等资源，同时也在一定程度上造成了环境污染、生态脆弱、产业结构升级困难等问题。环境监管是实现生态环境与经济发展相互协调的关键举措，可以提高引进 FDI 的质量，加快发展方式的绿色转型：本研究基于 2006-2019 年的城市面板数据，实证检验了黄河流域外商直接投资和环境规制对产业结构升级的影响。结果：（1）黄河流域FDI与产业结构升级的关系不是简单的线性关系，而是先上升后下降的倒 "U "型关系，这种倒 "U "型关系的结果在替换关键指标后仍然稳健。(2）环境规制政策对黄河流域产业结构升级具有推动作用。(3）环境规制对黄河流域外商直接投资对产业结构升级的影响具有正向作用，且正向作用随着环境规制强度的适度增加而逐渐增强，但如果环境规制强度过高，则会在一定程度上对黄河流域产业结构升级产生负面影响：未来，决策者应合理有效利用外商直接投资，提高外商直接投资质量；合理制定环境规制政策，协调外商直接投资与环境规制的强度，从而发挥外商直接投资与环境规制对产业结构升级的促进作用，实现黄河流域生态保护与经济高质量发展的双赢。

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Frontiers in Earth Science Earth and Planetary Sciences-General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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3.50

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10.30%

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2076

审稿时长

12 weeks

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