How multiple interactions between policy instruments and the policy environment affect environmental governance efficiency

IF 4 4区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy & Environment Pub Date : 2022-08-17 DOI:10.1177/0958305X221107346

Wang Rongjuan

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Abstract

Few studies explored the interaction effect between policy instruments and the policy environment on environmental governance. Based on policy instrument theory, this paper conducts fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to explore the combined effect of policy instruments and the policy environment on the environmental governance efficiency of local governance. This study found four effective configurations of local government environmental governance, which can be summarized as the mandatory mode and the cooperative mode, and three inefficient configurations that can be summarized as the out-of-control mode. The results show that the regions adopting the mandatory mode are economically underdeveloped, while the regions using the cooperative mode are developed. Besides, local government competition leads to the softening of policy instruments, while government-enterprise collusion exacerbates the failure of environmental policy instruments. This paper summarizes the effective modes and reveals the reasons for the low efficiency of local government environmental governance in China. The conclusions provide not only empirical evidence for the study of policy instrument theory but also beneficial insights for the selection of environmental policy instruments and environmental governance practice.

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政策工具与政策环境的多重互动如何影响环境治理效率

很少有研究探讨政策工具和政策环境对环境治理的交互作用。本文基于政策工具理论，运用模糊集定性比较分析法(fsQCA)，探讨政策工具和政策环境对地方治理环境治理效率的综合影响。本研究发现了地方政府环境治理的四种有效配置，可归纳为强制性模式和合作性模式;三种低效配置，可归纳为失控模式。结果表明:采用强制模式的地区经济不发达，而采用合作模式的地区经济发达。地方政府竞争导致政策工具软化，政企合谋加剧环境政策工具失灵。本文总结了中国地方政府环境治理的有效模式，揭示了地方政府环境治理效率低下的原因。研究结论不仅为政策工具理论研究提供了实证依据，也为环境政策工具的选择和环境治理实践提供了有益的启示。

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Energy & Environment ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

CiteScore

7.60

自引率

7.10%

发文量

157

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