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The Impact of Environmental Regulation on the Location of Pollution-Intensive Industries in China under Agglomeration Effect.
Wu, Yinhao; Yu, Shumin; Duan, Xiangdong.
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  • Wu Y; Institute of Economics and Management, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.
  • Yu S; Institute of Economics and Management, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.
  • Duan X; Archival Research Centre, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33921336
ABSTRACT
Pollution-intensive industries (PIIs) have both scale effect and environmental sensitivity. Therefore, this paper studies how environmental regulation (ER) affects the location dynamics of PIIs under the agglomeration effect. Our results show that, ER can increase the production costs of pollution-intensive firms (PIFs) by internalizing the negative impact of pollutant discharge in a region, and thus, directly reduces the region's attractiveness to PIFs. Meanwhile, ER can indirectly reduce the attractiveness of a region to PIFs by reducing the externality of the regional agglomeration effect. Moreover, these influences are regulated by the level of local economic development. Based on the moderated mediating effect model, we find evidence from the site selection activities of newly built chemical firms in cities across China. The empirical test shows that compared with 2014, the proportion of the direct effect of ER to the total effects significantly decreased in 2018, while the proportion of indirect effects under the agglomeration effect increased significantly. Our findings provide reference for the government to design effective environmental policies to guide the location choice of new PIFs.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Poluição Ambiental / Indústrias Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies País como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Poluição Ambiental / Indústrias Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies País como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article