Do Firms Pollute Less in Special Economic Zones? Firm-Level Evidence From China

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作者：
Zhang, Lihua [1 ]
Gan, Tian [2 ]
Xu, Zheng [3 ]
机构：
[1] Tongji Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[2] East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Business, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[3] Shanghai Lixin Univ Accounting & Finance, Sch Int Econ & Trade, Shanghai, Peoples R China
来源：
ECONOMICS OF TRANSITION AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE | 2025年
关键词：
abatement cost; environmental regulation; innovation; place-based policy; pollution emissions; special economic zones; ENVIRONMENTAL-REGULATION; AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES; PRODUCTIVITY EVIDENCE; SPATIAL EQUILIBRIUM; CREDIT CONSTRAINTS; HAVEN HYPOTHESIS; TRADE GOOD; INDUSTRIAL; CITIES; INFORMATION;
D O I：
10.1111/ecot.12445
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Using micro-level data, this paper examines the effects of special economic zones (SEZs) on firms' pollution emissions in China. Our results show that the establishment of SEZs in China lowers SEZ firms' air pollution by at least 13%. Incumbents play the major role in generating this effect. Surrounding non-SEZ firms' emissions also decrease through spillover effects. We also employ the boundary discontinuity difference-in-differences (BD-DID) approach to tackle the endogeneity problem. Our results are robust when focusing on SEZs whose boundaries are more exogenous to local firms. SEZs' export promotion, innovation stimulation, environmental regulation and public abatement facilities potentially contribute to these effects.
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