Exploring the Impact of Heterogeneous Environmental Regulations on Green Innovation Efficiency: Evidence from China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt

• Published in: Systems (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 10; p. 516
• Main Authors: Xiong, Ruochan, Gao, Da
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2023
• Subjects: Agglomeration; Belts; Cities; Clean technology; Consumption; Economic development; Efficiency; Environmental law; Environmental protection; Environmental regulations; Green building (Construction); green innovation efficiency; Green technology; Hypotheses; Innovations; Literature reviews; Mediation; nonlinear effect; Pollution; Regulation; Regulations; spatial effects; Sustainable development; Technology; the YREB; China; Yangtze River

Enhancing environmental regulation (ER) is an effective way to improve the green innovation efficiency (GIE) of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) and the key to achieving the target of carbon peaking and neutrality. Using the data of 103 cities in YREB in 2013–2019, this paper explores the effe...