THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ON GREEN TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY—BASED ON THE YANGTZE RIVER PANEL DATA EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

Authors

Hongfen Lyu Zhejiang International Studies University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Ting Qiu Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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sustainable development, economic development

Abstract

At present, the environmental problem is increasingly serious,how to achieve the sustainable development has become very importantrecently. This paper used the data of 106 prefecture-level cities of theYangtze River Economic Belt to study the effect of environmentalregulation on green total factor productivity. The results show thatenvironmental regulation can significantly improve the GTFP. There issignificant heterogeneity. Also found that the level of economicdevelopment has a threshold effect.