Environmental Regulations and Chinese Energy Sustainability: Mediating Role of Green Technology Innovations in Chinese Provinces-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Environmental Regulations and Chinese Energy Sustainability: Mediating Role of Green Technology Innovations in Chinese Provinces

Published:2023-06-01 Issue:11 Volume:15 Page:8950
ISSN:2071-1050
Container-title:Sustainability
language:en
Short-container-title:Sustainability

Author:

Su Lijuan¹,Zheng Yating¹,Ahmad Fayyaz¹^ORCID,Ozturk Ilhan²³⁴^ORCID,Wang Yatao¹,Tian Tian¹,Rehman Abdul⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

2. College of Business Administration, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates

3. Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Nisantasi University, Istanbul 34100, Turkey

4. Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan

5. College of Economics and Management, Henan Agriculture University, Zhengzhou 450002, China

Abstract

The stable growth of an economy is based on the coordination between environmental protection and economic development. Environmental regulation may affect energy efficiency because of its function of correcting energy consumption externalities. This paper uses the SBM model and Tobit model to explore the impact on and pathways of environmental regulations of energy efficiency in 30 provincial-level administrative regions in China and explains temporal and regional heterogeneity. The findings suggested that the environmental regulation in all provinces is continuously strengthened and the energy efficiency in eastern China is relatively higher. There is a positive effect of environmental regulation on energy efficiency and there is a temporal and spatial heterogeneity. Environmental regulation affects energy efficiency through green technology innovation, industrial structure upgrading, energy structure transformation and other transmission paths, and its influence mechanism on energy efficiency also has regional heterogeneity. The policy suggestions are: further enhance the intensity of environmental regulation, refine supporting safeguards and implement differentiated environmental regulation measures.

Funder

Basic Research Program of Gansu Province—Soft Science Special

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

Vertical Projects of Science and Technology Department of Gansu Province

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Geography, Planning and Development,Building and Construction

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/11/8950/pdf

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