Environmental regulation, local legislation and pollution control in China

IF 2.2 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Environment and Development Economics Pub Date : 2021-02-19 DOI:10.1017/S1355770X20000431

Qun Bao, Min Shao, Dali L. Yang

引用次数: 18

Abstract

Abstract This paper conducts a novel empirical analysis of the effect of environmental regulation on local pollution emissions by taking 84 cases of local legislation among 31 provinces in China during 1990–2009. We combine the matching methodology and difference-in-difference method to estimate the causal effect of provincial environmental legislation. Our estimation uncovers that there is no significant pollution abatement effect, however, environmental legislation helps to decrease local pollution emission only for those provinces that have stricter enforcement. Such results remain robust while considering the time lag effect, different types of pollutants, choice of different comparison groups and using of synthetic control method. Generally, our study shows the importance of the enforcement for environmental legislation in China.

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中国环境法规、地方立法与污染控制

摘要本文以1990-2009年中国31个省份的84个地方立法案例为样本，对环境规制对地方污染排放的影响进行了新颖的实证分析。本文结合匹配法和差中差法对省级环境立法的因果效应进行了估计。我们的估计发现，环境立法对地方污染的减排效果不显著，但环境立法对地方污染排放的减少只有在执法更严格的省份才有帮助。在考虑时滞效应、不同污染物类型、选择不同对照组和采用综合控制方法的情况下，上述结果仍然具有鲁棒性。总的来说，我们的研究显示了中国环境立法执法的重要性。

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Environment and Development Economics Multiple-

CiteScore

5.00

自引率

4.80%

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期刊介绍： Environment and Development Economics is positioned at the intersection of environmental, resource and development economics. The Editor and Associate Editors, supported by a distinguished panel of advisors from around the world, aim to encourage submissions from researchers in the field in both developed and developing countries. The Journal is divided into two main sections, Theory and Applications, which includes regular academic papers and Policy Options, which includes papers that may be of interest to the wider policy community. Environment and Development Economics also publishes occasional Policy Fora (discussions based on a focal paper). From time to time the journal publishes special issues based on a particular theme.