›› 2020, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 65-75.

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Industrial Structure, Environmental Regulation and Environment Quality——Theory and Evidence Based on Provincial Panel Data of China

Zeng Qian1,2, Zeng Xianfeng2, Yue Jingxia3   

  1. 1. School of Economics and Management, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127;
    2. Research Center of Resources, Environment and Industrial Economics, Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an 710128;
    3. School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044
  • Received:2017-12-19 Online:2020-05-28 Published:2020-06-03

Abstract:

Regional diversity of industrial structure will result in difference of the effect of different environmental regulation instruments on improving environmental quality. Based on theory analysis, this paper analyzes the panel data from 30 provinces in China from 2004 to 2016 with exemplifications and draws the conclusion that: for the regions with less advanced industrial structure, the command control tool works the best with the market incentive tool and the information disclosure and public participation tool working the second and third best. On the contrary, in the regions with more advanced industrial structure, the information disclosure and public participation tool ranks the first in the effect of improving environmental quality, with the market incentive tool ranking the second, and the command control tool ranking the last. This conclusion is verified by the empirical results and robustness test in this paper.

Key words: industrial structure, environmental regulation, environment quality, regional difference