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https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2023.2179093
Do environmental regulations cause enterprises to exit from market? Quasi-natural experiments based on China’s Cleaner Production Standards
Bao-Chang Xu
Chang-Wei Pan
Yi-Han Sun
Meng Zhang
Sažetak
Taking the implementation of Cleaner Production Standards at
the industry level in China as a quasi-natural experiment, the
impact of these standards on enterprises’ exit behavior was
empirically analyzed by using the Difference-in-Differences
method. Results suggested that the implementation of Cleaner
Production Standards reduced the probability of enterprises exiting
the market. A parallel trend test, Propensity Score Matching
(PSM), and the exclusion of other policy factors were then used
to verify the robustness of this finding. The impact mechanism
test showed that implementation of the standards reduced the
probability of enterprises exiting the market through improving
total factor productivity and promoting enterprise product innovation.
The heterogeneity test revealed that, on the one hand, the
implementation of Cleaner Production Standards can reduce the
probability of R&D intensive industries and medium-sized enterprises
exiting the market, and protect innovative and moderately
sized enterprises. On the other hand, the implementation of
Cleaner Production Standards can increase the probability of
state-owned enterprises and small-scale enterprises exiting the
market and optimize the allocation of resources among enterprises.
This paper has important implications for China’s future
approach to environmental policy formulation as well as the optimization
of domestic enterprise structure
Ključne riječi
Environmental regulation; cleaner production standards; enterprise exit; quasi-natural experiment
Hrčak ID:
306871
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.4.2023.
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