IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/jenpmg/v66y2023i5p1061-1088.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Will the increase in local land-based revenues lead to an improvement in environmental quality? An empirical study through the lens of land finance in China

Author

Listed:
  • Jinshuo Wang
  • Fugang Gao
  • Peng Tang
  • Erwin van der Krabben
  • Huub Ploegmakers
  • Ary Samsura

Abstract

The issue of environmental governance has received considerable attention. While extensive research focuses on the relationship between economic growth and environmental protection, this paper provides a different perspective by exploring the mechanisms affecting the relationship between land-based revenue and environmental performance. Based on the regression analyses of province-level data during 2000-2018 in China, the results show that: (1) land-based finance has a significantly positive impact on air pollution; (2) both central government policies and local residents’ concerns incentivize local governments to improve environmental quality through land revenue; (3) regional differences exist regarding the impact of these two factors, probably due to various development stages and financial conditions; (4) local governments tend to increase expenditure on environmental protection by taking residents’ concerns into consideration. This research contributes to understanding the driving forces behind the relationship between land finance and environmental performance, and it extends our knowledge of local governments’ decision-making processes to accomplish multiple tasks.

Suggested Citation

  • Jinshuo Wang & Fugang Gao & Peng Tang & Erwin van der Krabben & Huub Ploegmakers & Ary Samsura, 2023. "Will the increase in local land-based revenues lead to an improvement in environmental quality? An empirical study through the lens of land finance in China," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 66(5), pages 1061-1088, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:66:y:2023:i:5:p:1061-1088
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2021.2012646
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/09640568.2021.2012646
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/09640568.2021.2012646?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:66:y:2023:i:5:p:1061-1088. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/CJEP20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.