Economic impact of more stringent environmental standard in China: Evidence from a regional policy experimentation in pulp and paper industry

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104831

	Economic impact of more stringent environmental standard in China: Evidence from a regional policy experimentation in pulp and paper industry
	Yang, Meijie 4; Yang, Lan 4; Sun, Mingxing 2,3; Wang, Yutao 1,4
刊名	RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
	2020-07-01
卷号	158 页码:9
关键词	Pulp and paper Water pollution Environmental regulation Porter hypothesis Quasi-experimental design China
ISSN号	0921-3449
DOI	10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104831
通讯作者	Wang, Yutao(yutaowang@fudan.edu.cn)
英文摘要	Whether environmental regulation has negative impact on the economic performances of manufacturers in the real world cannot be concluded without reliable policy evaluations. The regional policy experimentation on raising the wastewater discharge standard in the pulp and paper industry in Shandong Province, China in the early 2000's has been considered a success and has provided lessons for the crafting and strengthening of water pollution regulation for the whole country at a later stage. There has been, however, long lack of rigorous study that comprehensively evaluates the environmental and economic consequences of the policy experiment. The question about whether cleaner water came at a substantial economic cost remained unanswered. This may hinder cumulative policy learning and development. In this article, we adopt plant-level economic and environmental statistics and a difference-in-differences design to examine the economic effect of the Shandong wastewater policy in the 2000's. Our results revealed that on average the environmental regulation enhanced the economic performances of pulp and paper plants. The regulation had positive effects on total output, total assets, and total profit, and it did not cause a statistically significant decline in employment.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[71774032] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[71961137009] ; Newton Advanced Fellowship from the British Academy ; Newton Fund[NAFR2180103]
WOS关键词	REGULATIONS
WOS研究方向	Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER
WOS记录号	WOS:000540609500040
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Newton Advanced Fellowship from the British Academy ; Newton Fund
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/162262]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Wang, Yutao
作者单位	1.Inst Ecochongming IEC, 3663 Northern Zhongshan Rd, Shanghai 200062, Peoples R China 2.United Nations Environm Programme, Int Ecosyst Management Partnership, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 4.Fudan Univ, Fudan Tyndall Ctr, Dept Environm Sci & Engn, Shanghai 200438, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Meijie,Yang, Lan,Sun, Mingxing,et al. Economic impact of more stringent environmental standard in China: Evidence from a regional policy experimentation in pulp and paper industry[J]. RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING,2020,158:9.
APA	Yang, Meijie,Yang, Lan,Sun, Mingxing,&Wang, Yutao.(2020).Economic impact of more stringent environmental standard in China: Evidence from a regional policy experimentation in pulp and paper industry.RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING,158,9.
MLA	Yang, Meijie,et al."Economic impact of more stringent environmental standard in China: Evidence from a regional policy experimentation in pulp and paper industry".RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING 158(2020):9.