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Environmental Regulation and Firm Productivity in China

In: Globalization and the Environment of China

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  • Sanfeng Zhang
  • Maoliang Bu
  • Huafan Yang

Abstract

The issue of environmental regulation and productivity has received increasing attention among academics, but little research has focused on Chinese firms despite the serious state of pollution in China. This study aimed to fill that gap. Analyzing a sample of firms from 12 Chinese cities, we found that environmental regulation could improve firm productivity, but the responses to environmental regulation differed across industry sectors, firm sizes, and locations. In this paper, we discuss the implications of these responses toward the environmental policy in China.

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  • Sanfeng Zhang & Maoliang Bu & Huafan Yang, 2014. "Environmental Regulation and Firm Productivity in China," Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, in: Globalization and the Environment of China, volume 14, pages 129-152, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:fegzzz:s1574-871520140000014006
    DOI: 10.1108/S1574-871520140000014006
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    Keywords

    Environmental regulation; firm productivity; regulatory intensity; Q55; Q58; O53;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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