The Influence of Environmental Regulation on the Quality of Regional Economic Development—A Comparison Based on HDI Partitions
LIU Yaobin1,2, XIONG Yao2
1.Research Center of the Central Economic and Social Development, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China; 2.School of Economics and Management, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
Abstract Environmental regulation mainly affects the quality of economic development through technological innovation, industrial structure and FDI, and there are obvious differences in the performance among different regions. This paper systematically investigates the mechanism of environmental regulation on the quality of economic development, and takes panel data of 31 provinces in China from 2002 to 2016 as the research object to compare the impact of environmental regulation on the quality of regional economic development based on HDI partitions. Firstly, the results show that there are differences between environmental regulation intensity and economic development quality in different HDI regions. Regions with high HDI also have relatively high environmental regulation intensity and economic development quality. Secondly, regions whose environmental regulations are higher than the national average HDI have positive effects on the quality of economic development mainly through the compensation effect of technological innovation. Thirdly, regions whose environmental regulations are lower than the national average HDI have significant negative effects on the quality of economic development mainly through FDI technology spillover effect, but their pollution shelter effects are not significant. Therefore, it is necessary to grasp the strength of environmental regulation in accordance with local conditions to promote the quality of regional economic development.
LIU Yaobin,XIONG Yao. The Influence of Environmental Regulation on the Quality of Regional Economic Development—A Comparison Based on HDI Partitions. Economic Survey, 2020, 37(3): 01.
2020, Vol. 37 
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