Local government competition, fiscal decentralization, and environmental governance efficiency

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Finance Research Letters Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI:10.1016/j.frl.2025.108537

Guoyuan Li , Ping Zhou , Rui Wu

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Abstract

This study investigates the impact of local government competition on environmental governance efficiency using a panel dataset of Chinese prefecture-level cities from 2011 to 2022. The baseline regression results indicate that intergovernmental competition significantly enhances environmental governance efficiency. Mediation analysis further reveals that promoting fiscal decentralization serves as an important channel through which local government competition improves environmental outcomes. Moderation analysis confirms that public environmental concern, green total factor energy efficiency, and total factor productivity all strengthen the positive relationship between government competition and environmental governance efficiency. Moreover, heterogeneity analysis shows that the effects of local government competition vary depending on the level of green innovation and economic density across cities.

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地方政府竞争、财政分权与环境治理效率

本文利用2011 - 2022年中国地级市的面板数据，研究了地方政府竞争对环境治理效率的影响。基线回归结果表明，政府间竞争显著提高了环境治理效率。中介分析进一步揭示，推进财政分权是地方政府竞争改善环境结果的重要渠道。适度分析证实，公众环境关注度、绿色全要素能效和全要素生产率都强化了政府竞争与环境治理效率之间的正相关关系。此外，异质性分析表明，地方政府竞争对城市绿色创新水平和经济密度的影响存在差异。

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Finance Research Letters BUSINESS, FINANCE-

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11.10

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14.40%

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863

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