Co-responsibility of the Communist Party and Government,Official Mobility and Environment Governance
The exchange system of local government officials in China has a profound impact on governance behavior.Using a panel dataset of 262 cities from 2011 to 2018,this paper,distinguishing the the roles of city party secretary and mayor,describes official mobility with changes and tenure,provides an in-depth assessment of the environmental governance effects of official mobility by considering various exchange forms and heterogeneous strategies.The study finds that the change of officials has a negative impact on environ-mental governance,while the increase in tenure is conducive;the overall urban environmental governance is dominated by the city party secretary with the mayor being coordinated;the co-responsibility of the commu-nist party and government system made this feature prominent after 2015.It is clear that interaction between the two key officials will promote coordinated development of the economic environment in the case of a long tenure.The environmental governance effect of official mobility shows heterogeneity in dimensions such as different exchange forms,professional background,promotion and experience in environmental protection departments.The secretary mobility will affect the urban environmental governance through channels such as changing the number of enterprises,industrial structure,fixed asset investment,and foreign investment.The policy implications are that attention should be paid to the unintended impact of frequent official mobility on environmental governance,and leadership of the party committee officials in urban environmental gover-nance should be strengthened to form a green development incentive pattern with efficient coordination between the party and the government.
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