Firm size, government capacity, and regional environmental regulation: Theoretical analysis and empirical evidence from China

被引：36

作者：

Lei, Ping ^{[1
,2
]}

Tian, Xinyu ^{[1
]}

Huang, Qi ^{[1
,2
]}

He, Dayi ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] China Univ Geosci, Sch Humanities & Econ Management, Beijing, Peoples R China

[2] Minist Land & Resources, Key Lab Carrying Capac Assessment Resource & Envi, Beijing, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION | 2017年 / 164卷

关键词：

Environmental regulation; Firm size; Government capacity; Scale effect; Panel threshold regression; PANEL-DATA MODELS; KUZNETS CURVE; POLICY; CORRUPTION; CHEMICALS; PROGRESS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.166

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The size and number of firms in a region represent key characteristics of that regional economic ecosystem, but few studies have linked such characteristics with the stringency of local environmental regulation. In this study, we discuss the effects of local firm scale on environmental regulation and its mechanism, and the optimal strategic choices theoretically and empirically for environmental regulation in regions with different firm scale. We find that when government capacity is insufficient, regional environmental regulation will be relatively more stringent when dealing with fewer but larger firms because of the government scale effect. When government capacity is sufficient, firm size has no influence on environmental regulation. Our results are robust and offer insights for government decision makers to improve local environmental regulation efficiency. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

引用

页码：524 / 533

页数：10

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