Going green in China: Firms' responses to stricter environmental regulations

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作者
Fan, Haichao [1 ]
Zivin, Joshua Graff [2 ]
Kou, Zonglai [3 ]
Liu, Xueyue [4 ]
Wang, Huanhuan [5 ]
机构
[1] Fudan Univ, Inst World Econ, Sch Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Global Policy & Strategy GPS, Dept Econ, La Jolla, CA USA
[3] Fudan Univ, Res Inst Innovat & Digital Econ RIDE, China Ctr Econ Studies, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[4] Fudan Univ, Res Inst Innovat & Digital Econ RIDE, Sch Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[5] East China Normal Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Sch Law, Shanghai, Peoples R China
关键词
CLEAN-AIR ACT; WATER-POLLUTION; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; BORDERS; COSTS;
D O I
10.1111/caje.12756
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
This paper finds that major 2006 Chinese environmental reforms creating mandatory emission reduction targets led firms to significantly reduce emissions, especially for firms in more polluting industries. A decomposition of the overall effect shows that firms relied primarily on technology upgrading (75.3%) rather than output cuts (24.7%) in meeting the regulatory changes. The driving forces for this "technique effect" are more water recycling and abatement device adoption. While polluting firms did not increase their green innovation, local equipment manufacturers-likely suppliers-did significantly increase green water patent applications, indicating an expanded environmental service market effect. Tests on firms' economic responses provide more evidence for an "internal" variant of the pollution haven hypothesis because firms' profit, capital, employment, market shares, and entry were all negatively affected by the more stringent regulation. Virage vert en Chine : les r & eacute;ponses des entreprises aux r & egrave;glements environnementaux stricts Cet article constate que les importantes r & eacute;formes environnementales de 2006 en Chine, qui ont cr & eacute;& eacute; des cibles obligatoires de r & eacute;duction d'& eacute;missions, poussent les entreprises & agrave; diminuer consid & eacute;rablement leurs & eacute;missions, en particulier dans les industries les plus polluantes. Une d & eacute;composition de l'effet global montre que les entreprises se sont principalement appuy & eacute;es sur des am & eacute;liorations technologiques (75,3 %) plut & ocirc;t que sur des coupes de production (24,7 %) pour respecter les changements r & eacute;glementaires. Les forces motrices de cet << effet technique >> sont une hausse du recyclage de l'eau et l'adoption de dispositifs de r & eacute;duction de la pollution. Alors que les entreprises polluantes n'ont pas pouss & eacute; leur innovation & eacute;cologique, les fabricants d'& eacute;quipements locaux - probablement des fournisseurs - ont consid & eacute;rablement augment & eacute; le nombre de demandes de brevet concernant le cycle & eacute;cologique de l'eau, indiquant une augmentation de l'effet de march & eacute; des services environnementaux. Les tests effectu & eacute;s sur les r & eacute;ponses & eacute;conomiques des entreprises fournissent plus de donn & eacute;es probantes concernant une variante << interne >> de l'hypoth & egrave;se du refuge pour pollueurs puisque les profits, les capitaux, l'emploi, les parts de march & eacute; et l'entr & eacute;e sur le march & eacute; des entreprises & eacute;taient tous n & eacute;gativement touch & eacute;s par la r & eacute;glementation plus stricte.
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页码:385 / 410
页数:26
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