Technological innovation, environmental regulation, and green total factor efficiency of industrial water resources

• Published in: Journal of cleaner production Vol. 211; pp. 61 - 69
• Main Authors: Jin, Wei, Zhang, Heng-quan, Liu, Shuang-shuang, Zhang, Hong-bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 20.02.2019
• Subjects: business enterprises; China; educational status; Efficiency of industrial water resources; environmental law; environmental protection; Environmental regulation; Green total factor; industrialization; industry; issues and policy; research and development; Technological innovation; technology; water resources; China; Technological innovation; Environmental regulation; Green total factor; Efficiency of industrial water resources
• ISSN: 0959-6526; 1879-1786
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.172

The aim of this study based on the panel data of 30 Chinese provinces obtained from 2000 to 2016 was to calculate the green total factor efficiency (GTFE) of industrial water resources by applying the Super-Slack Based Measure (SBM) model of non-expected output, and to analyze the effect of core var...