Effects of Environmental Regulation on Green Total Factor Productivity: An Evidence from the Yellow River Basin, China

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 2015
• Main Authors: Mao, Jinhuang, Wu, Qiong, Zhu, Meihong, Lu, Chengpeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Analysis; Climate change; Data envelopment analysis; Developing countries; Economic development; Economic growth; Energy consumption; Environmental impact; Environmental law; Environmental protection; Environmental regulations; Green technology; Laws, regulations and rules; LDCs; Manufacturing; Productivity; Provinces; Regulation; Social responsibility; China; Yellow River

Based on the data of 59 prefecture-level cities in the Yellow River Basin from 2011 to 2019, this paper uses the Slack Based Measure-Global Malmquist Luenberger (SBM-GML) model to measure green total factor productivity (GTFP) of the cities. Under the space–time concept of the Basin, heterogeneity a...