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Article: The determinants of pollution levels: Firm-level evidence from Chinese manufacturing
Title | The determinants of pollution levels: Firm-level evidence from Chinese manufacturing |
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Keywords | Pollution Local protection Law enforcement FDI |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | Elsevier. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01475967 |
Citation | Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, v. 42 n. 1, p. 118-142 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Using a large, unique, firm-level dataset from the Chinese manufacturing sector, we study important factors that are related to emission intensity for three pollutants in China – sulfur dioxide, wastewater, and soot. Our main findings are as follows: (1) compared to state-owned enterprises (SOEs), both foreign-owned firms and domestic public-listed firms exhibit less intensive pollutant emissions; (2) firms in regions with less local protection have lower pollution intensity; (3) better property rights protection is negatively correlated with pollutant discharge over and beyond the national standards; and (4) larger firms, firms in industries that export more, and firms with more educated employees pollute less. These results suggest that China should not target foreign firms more harshly in its effort to reduce industrial pollution. Better institutions in the form of more effective law enforcement and lower entry barriers across regional markets are also means of curbing China’s pressing environmental problems during its current stage of economic development. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/192348 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.504 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Jiang, L | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lin, C | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lin, P | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-24T01:50:07Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-10-24T01:50:07Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, v. 42 n. 1, p. 118-142 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0147-5967 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/192348 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Using a large, unique, firm-level dataset from the Chinese manufacturing sector, we study important factors that are related to emission intensity for three pollutants in China – sulfur dioxide, wastewater, and soot. Our main findings are as follows: (1) compared to state-owned enterprises (SOEs), both foreign-owned firms and domestic public-listed firms exhibit less intensive pollutant emissions; (2) firms in regions with less local protection have lower pollution intensity; (3) better property rights protection is negatively correlated with pollutant discharge over and beyond the national standards; and (4) larger firms, firms in industries that export more, and firms with more educated employees pollute less. These results suggest that China should not target foreign firms more harshly in its effort to reduce industrial pollution. Better institutions in the form of more effective law enforcement and lower entry barriers across regional markets are also means of curbing China’s pressing environmental problems during its current stage of economic development. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01475967 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Comparative Economics | en_US |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.rights | NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Comparative Economics. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in PUBLICATION, [VOL 42, ISSUE 1, (2014)] DOI 10.1016/j.jce.2013.07.007 | - |
dc.subject | Pollution | - |
dc.subject | Local protection | - |
dc.subject | Law enforcement | - |
dc.subject | FDI | - |
dc.title | The determinants of pollution levels: Firm-level evidence from Chinese manufacturing | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jce.2013.07.007 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84894275543 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000333495300008 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0147-5967 | - |