Environmental Regulation and Firm Productivity in China
Globalization and the Environment of China
ISBN: 978-1-78441-179-4, eISBN: 978-1-78441-178-7
Publication date: 13 November 2014
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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Citation
Zhang, S., Bu, M. and Yang, H. (2014), "Environmental Regulation and Firm Productivity in China", Globalization and the Environment of China (Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 14), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 129-152. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1574-871520140000014006
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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