Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2022.2048191
The local-neighborhood environmental effects of the government size expansion: evidence from China’s sulfur dioxide emission
Ying Han
Po Kou
Abstract
As a provider of public goods and a corrector of externalities, the
government has a significant effect on the local environment.
Based on annual province-level data from 1998 to 2015, this
paper decomposes the changes in sulfur dioxide emissions into
end pollution control effects and source pollution control effects
by a complete decomposition model. It then uses a spatial econometric
model to investigate how government size expansion
affects sulfur dioxide emissions. The results show that under the
promotion system based on appointment, the local government
size and the neighboring government size are not conducive to
reducing local sulfur dioxide emissions. With the expansion of the
government size, the degree of environmental degradation
caused by competition among governments is more serious. In
the way of influence, the impact of local government size on the
sulfur dioxide emissions is mainly through restraining the effect
of end pollution control. The impact of neighboring government
size on the sulfur dioxide emissions is mainly through weakening
the effect of source pollution control.
Keywords
Government size; source pollution control; end pollution control; sulfur dioxide emissions
Hrčak ID:
302970
URI
Publication date:
31.3.2023.
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