{"title":"横向生态补偿如何促进生态环境保护与经济高质量增长的耦合发展?中国循环经济实践的证据","authors":"Qingyuan Shen , Jintao Lu , Ilaria Tutore , Nicola Cucari , Qingbin Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102320","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The horizontal ecological compensation system is a concrete practical arrangement for the development of a circular economy and an important driving force for promoting the win-win situation of protection and development. We used the Yellow River Basin (Henan–Shandong section) horizontal ecological protection compensation pilot project as a quasi-natural experiment and employed the difference-in-differences method to empirically test the direct impact and mediating effects of horizontal ecological compensation on ecological and environmental protection and high-quality economic development. Results reveal that the implementation of the pilot policy for horizontal ecological compensation can promote the coupled development of ecological environment protection and high-quality economy growth, with a greater impact on ecological environment protection (0.0326) than on high-quality economic growth (0.0171). The three variables of building digital infrastructure, adjusting industrial structure, and improving land resource utilization have a significant positive mediating effect, while the mediating effect of improving water resource utilization has not yet become apparent. The effect of the pilot policy is mainly reflected in the upstream Henan section (0.0291) and has an insignificant negative impact on the downstream Shandong section (−0.0060). The conclusion provides theoretical support for exploring the path to green and high-quality development from the perspective of horizontal ecological compensation and offers an important practical approach for governments worldwide to develop a circular economy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"102 ","pages":"Article 102320"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"How does horizontal ecological compensation promote the coupled development of ecological environment protection and high-quality economy growth? 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How does horizontal ecological compensation promote the coupled development of ecological environment protection and high-quality economy growth? Evidence from China's circular economy practices
The horizontal ecological compensation system is a concrete practical arrangement for the development of a circular economy and an important driving force for promoting the win-win situation of protection and development. We used the Yellow River Basin (Henan–Shandong section) horizontal ecological protection compensation pilot project as a quasi-natural experiment and employed the difference-in-differences method to empirically test the direct impact and mediating effects of horizontal ecological compensation on ecological and environmental protection and high-quality economic development. Results reveal that the implementation of the pilot policy for horizontal ecological compensation can promote the coupled development of ecological environment protection and high-quality economy growth, with a greater impact on ecological environment protection (0.0326) than on high-quality economic growth (0.0171). The three variables of building digital infrastructure, adjusting industrial structure, and improving land resource utilization have a significant positive mediating effect, while the mediating effect of improving water resource utilization has not yet become apparent. The effect of the pilot policy is mainly reflected in the upstream Henan section (0.0291) and has an insignificant negative impact on the downstream Shandong section (−0.0060). The conclusion provides theoretical support for exploring the path to green and high-quality development from the perspective of horizontal ecological compensation and offers an important practical approach for governments worldwide to develop a circular economy.
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Studies directed toward the more effective utilization of existing resources, e.g. mathematical programming models of health care delivery systems with relevance to more effective program design; systems analysis of fire outbreaks and its relevance to the location of fire stations; statistical analysis of the efficiency of a developing country economy or industry.
Studies relating to the interaction of various segments of society and technology, e.g. the effects of government health policies on the utilization and design of hospital facilities; the relationship between housing density and the demands on public transportation or other service facilities: patterns and implications of urban development and air or water pollution.
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