Guarding Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains:Has the Ecological Civilization Construc-tion Demonstration Area Reduced the Entry of Polluting Firms?
From theoretical construction to practical exploration,the construction of ecological civilization in the new era has undergone historic,turning and global changes.At present,China's economic and social development has entered a high-quality development stage of accelerated greening and decarbonization,while the construction of ecological civilization is still in a critical period of superimposed pressure and heavy load.Based on the panel data of 1640 county-level administrative dis-tricts in China from 2009 to 2020,we take the approval of ecological civilization construction demonstration zones as a quasi-natural experiment,and empirically examine the impact of the construction of ecological civilization demonstration zones on the entry of polluting enterprises by using a multi-temporal DID model on the basis of the analysis of the policy background and its theoretical mechanism of influencing the entry of polluting enterprises.The results show that the establishment of ecological civilization construction demonstration zones significantly inhibits the entry of local polluting enterprises,and the conclusion remains significant after a series of robustness tests.Meanwhile,en-vironmental regulations and the optimization of fiscal expenditure structure will strengthen the disincentive effect of ecologi-cal civilization demonstration zone construction on the entry of polluting enterprises;there is regional heterogeneity in the ef-fect of the policy,which is more significant in regions with a higher level of economic development,a higher index of digital villages,and a higher level of marketization.In addition,the implementation of the policy has brought about a reduction in PM2.5 and carbon emissions,an increase in infrastructure construction investment and the entry of professional and technical service enterprises,but also an impact on the entry of some productive service enterprises.Our findings comprehensively and profoundly reveal the effects and impacts of the policy implementation,and provide certain realistic references for the promotion and enhancement of the policy of ecological civilization construction demonstra-tion zones.Therefore,in order to further promote the construction of China's ecological civilization,the scope of implementa tion of the ecological civilization pilot policy should be expanded in a scientific and orderly manner,and the development en-dowments of different regions should be fully taken into account,so that multidimensional ways of reducing pollution and car-bon emissions can be actively explored.In addition,it's also necessary to enhance exit mechanisms for highly polluting mar-kets through diversified means,as well as comprehensively strengthen the construction of infrastructure facilities and promote new type of industrialization,thus achieving a balance between industrial development and environmental protection.We be-lieve that with the implement of the measures mentioned above,the battle of pollution prevention and control can be fought in depth to promote the high-quality development of the economy.
Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration AreaThe Entry of Polluting FirmsMulti-temporal DID Model
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维普
